Schmallenberg virus outbreak in the Netherlands: Routine diagnostics and test results

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 102-108

  Bouwstra, R J ^a   Kooi, E A ^a   de Kluijver, E P ^a   Verstraten, E R A M ^a   Bongers, J H ^a   van Maanen, C ^b   Wellenberg, G J ^b   van der Spek, A N ^c   van der Poel, W H M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic results; Schmallenberg virus; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COW; EPIDEMIC; EWE; KID (GOAT); NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; NETHERLANDS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

CAPRA HIRCUS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84878657488     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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