Can goats BE used as sentinels for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in nonendemic areas? Experimental studies and epizootiological observations

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 441-445

  Klaus, Christine ^a   Hoffmann, Bernd ^a   Moog, Udo ^b   Schau, Ute ^b   Beer, Martin ^a   Süss, Jochen ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

ELISA; Ixodes ricinus; RT PCR; Serum neutralization test; TBEV; Tick borne encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENETICS; GERMANY; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; EUROPE; GERMANY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TICKS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 78650566546     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-123-441     Document Type: Article

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