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Real-Time Fluorogenic Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Detection of African Horse Sickness Virus
1 May 2008
Abstract excerpt
African horse sickness is an arthropod-borne disease of the equine included in the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) list with important economic consequences for horse trade. The disease is caused by African horse sickness virus (AHSV; family Reoviridae, genus Orbivirus), which is transmitted by Culicoides midges. It is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, spreading occasionally outside this area where the...
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