Novel bluetongue virus serotype from Kuwait

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 886-889

  Maan, Sushila ^a   Maan, Narender S ^a   Nomikou, Kyriaki ^a   Batten, Carrie ^a   Antony, Frank ^a   Belaganahalli, Manjunatha N ^a   Samy, Attia Mohamed ^c   Reda, Ammar Abdel ^b   Al Rashid, Sana Ahmed ^b   el Batel, Maha ^b   Oura, Chris A L ^a   Mertens, Peter P C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources   (Kuwait)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COUGHING; ENTERITIS; GOAT; HEPATITIS; KUWAIT; LIVER; MOUTH LESION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMONIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; SPLEEN; STILLBIRTH; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CAPSID PROTEINS; GOATS; KUWAIT; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SHEEP;

EID: 79955767977     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1705.101742     Document Type: Article

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