Peter Mertens,
Matthew Baylis,
Philip Mellor
Elsevier Science
e druk, 2008
9780123693686
Bluetongue
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Gebonden, blz.
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Elsevier Science |
2008
ISBN13: 9780123693686
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Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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The third volume in the Institute of Animal Health (IAH) Biology of Animal Infections Series, Bluetongue discusses one of the most economically important diseases of domesticated livestock. Affecting primarily sheep particularly the improved mutton and wool breeds, it is now endemic in Africa, India, the Middle and Far East, Australia and the Americas, and over the last six years has caused a series of outbreaks throughout the Mediterranean region and central Europe. Bluetongue represent a paradigm not only for the other orbiviruses (such as African horse sickness virus, which shares the same vector species) but also for other insect transmitted diseases, including those of humans.
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES<br>PREFACE<br>GENERAL INTRODUCTION<br>The Orbiviruses<br>The History of BT pre 1998<br>BT and climate change<br>Replication and biochemistry<br>BTV structure <br>Molecular epidemiology<br>BTV in the mammalian host <br>BTV in the insect host <br>Dynamics of BTV epidemiology <br>Clinical signs and pathology <br>BT on the Indian subcontinent <br>BTV in the Americas<br>BT in Australasia and China<br>BT in the Mediterranean basin <br>Diagnostics<br>Vaccines past and present<br>Control strategies<br>Conclusions<br>Glossary<br>Index<br>Key references