Circulation of bovine ephemeral fever in the Middle East-Strong evidence for transmission by winds and animal transport

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 300-307

  Aziz Boaron, Orly ^a   Klausner, Ziv ^a   Hasoksuz, Mustafa ^b   Shenkar, Jenny ^a   Gafni, Ohad ^a   Gelman, Boris ^c   David, Dan ^c   Klement, Eyal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal transport; Arbovirus; Bovine ephemeral fever; Epidemiology; Middle East; Wind

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOVINE EPHEMERAL FEVER; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EGYPT; ISRAEL; METEOROLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WIND;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPHEMERAL FEVER; EPHEMERAL FEVER VIRUS, BOVINE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION; WIND;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE EPHEMERAL FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 84862540535     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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