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Infectious Schmallenberg Virus from Bovine Semen, Germany
27 Jan 2014
Abstract excerpt
To the Editor: The teratogenic Schmallenberg virus (SBV) (genus Orthobunyavirus) was detected in bovine semen in a recent German field study (1). Vector-borne transmission by Culicoides spp. biting midges is most common (2), but venereal transmission of SBV might contribute to the spread of this virus to previously unaffected regions. We investigated the infectivity of SBV RNA–positive semen by experimental...
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