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Evidence of lumpy skin disease virus over-wintering by transstadial persistence in Amblyomma hebraeum and transovarial persistance in Rhipicephalus decoloratus ticks

Lubinga, Jimmy Clement; Tuppurainen, Eeva S.M.; Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Stoltsz, Wilhelm Heinrich; Venter, Estelle Hildegard (Springer, 2014-01)

Lumpy skin disease is a debilitating cattle disease caused by the lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), belonging to the genus Capripoxvirus. Epidemics of the disease usually occur in summer, when insect activity is high. ...

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