Response to an emerging vector-borne disease: Surveillance and preparedness for Schmallenberg virus

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 341-349

  Roberts, H C ^a   Elbers, A R W ^b   Conraths, F J ^c   Holsteg, M ^d   Hoereth Boentgen, D ^c   Gethmann, J ^c   van Schaik, G ^e  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d Baden Württemberg Animal Disease Support Fund   (Germany)

^e GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease surveillance; Early warning systems; Schmallenberg virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; BOVINE; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN UNION; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; MILK; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPEAN UNION; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; INSECT VECTORS; MAPS AS TOPIC; MILK; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84908081781     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.08.020     Document Type: Article

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