Transplacental infection in goats experimentally infected with a European strain of bluetongue virus serotype 8

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 335-341

  Coetzee, Peter ^a,b   Stokstad, Maria ^b   Myrmel, Mette ^b   Mutowembwa, Paidamwoyo ^c   Loken, Torleiv ^b   Venter, Estelle H ^a   Van Vuuren, Moritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus serotype 8; Europe; Goats; Overwintering; Transplacental infection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS SEROTYPE 8; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; GENOME ANALYSIS; GOAT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS SEROTYPE 8; EUROPE; GOATS; OVERWINTERING; TRANSPLACENTAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84881661998     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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