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Assays for the Identification of Novel Antivirals against Bluetongue Virus
Published on: October 11, 2013
Epidemiology of bluetongue virus serotype 8, Germany
Franz J Conraths1, Jörn M Gethmann, Christoph Staubach
1Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Wusterhausen, Germany. franz.conraths@fl i.bund.de
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|February 26, 2009
Abstract:
In Germany, bluetongue disease had not been reported before 2006. During August 2006-August 2008, >24,000 bluetongue virus serotype 8 infections were reported, most (20,635) in 2007. In 2006 and 2007, respectively, case-fatality rates were 6.4% and 13.1% for cattle and 37.5% and 41.5% for sheep. Vaccination in 2008 decreased cases.
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