Transplacental transmission of Bluetongue virus serotype 8 in ewes in early and mid gestation

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 113-125

  Van Der Sluijs, M ^a   Timmermans, M ^a   Moulin, V ^a   Noordegraaf, C V ^a   Vrijenhoek, M ^a   Debyser, I ^b   de Smit, A J ^a   Moormann, R ^c  

^a INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

^b Veterinary and Toxicological Pathology Rue d'argent 49 ^*  (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; BTV 8; Early and mid gestation; Sheep; Transplacental transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS SEROTYPE 8; BRAIN; CELL VACUOLE; CEREBELLUM; CYST; DEPLETION; EWE; EXTRAVASATION; FETUS; HYPEREMIA; HYPERPLASIA; INOCULATION; INTERSTITIUM; LIVER; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOID DEPLETION; LYMPHORETICULAR HYPERPLASIA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NECROSIS; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PURKINJE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; THYMUS; TISSUE; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SHEEP;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79952101766     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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