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Molecular detection and genetic analysis of Akabane virus genogroup Ib in small ruminants in Turkey.
Archives of virology - 1 Sept 2017
Şevik Murat
Abstract excerpt
Akabane disease is a viral disease transmitted by biting midges and can cause teratogenic malformations in cattle, sheep and goats. Abortion outbreaks associated with arthrogryposis and cerebellar hypoplasia in two epidemiologically independent flocks were reported in the Mediterranean region of Turkey in 2015. Phylogenetic analysis based on nucleocapsid (N) gene sequences showed that the field isolates presented...
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