History of Orbivirus research in South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Verwoerd, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; LIVE VACCINE; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS VACCINE;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BOVIDS; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MERINO SHEEP; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORBIVIRUS; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS ATTENUATION; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; HISTORY; HORSE; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HORSES; INSECT VECTORS; MICE; ORBIVIRUS; SHEEP; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL VACCINES; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 84880586453     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v83i1.532     Document Type: Article

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