Browsing Research Articles (Equine Research Centre) by Subject "Orbiviruses"

Browsing Research Articles (Equine Research Centre) by Subject "Orbiviruses"

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  • African horse sickness 
    Zientara, S.; Weyer, Camilla Theresa; Lecollinet, S. (International Office of Epizootics, 2015)
    African horse sickness (AHS) is a devastating disease of equids caused by an arthropod-borne virus belonging to the Reoviridae family, genus Orbivirus. It is considered a major health threat for horses in endemic areas ...
  • Development of a real time polymerase chain reaction assay for equine encephalosis virus 
    Rathogwa, Ntungufhadzeni Maclaughlin; Quan, Melvyn; Smit, J.Q.; Lourens C.; Guthrie, Alan John; Van Vuuren, Moritz (Elsevier, 2014-01)
    Equine encephalosis virus (EEV) is the cause of equine encephalosis. The disease is similar to mild forms of African horse sickness (AHS) and the two diseases are easily confused. Laboratory identification and serotyping ...
  • Prevalence of serotype specific antibody to equine encephalosis virus in Thoroughbred yearlings in South Africa (1999-2004) 
    Howell, P.G.; Nurton, Jane P.; Nel, Daleen; Lourens, Carina W.; Guthrie, Alan John (Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2008-06)
    Cohorts of yearlings were sampled over a period of 6 years in a retrospective serological survey to establish the annual prevalence of serotype specific antibody to equine encephalosis virus on Thoroughbred stud farms ...
  • Re-emergence of bluetongue, African horse sickness, and other orbivirus diseases 
    MacLachlan, N.J. (James); Guthrie, Alan John (INRA / EDP Sciences, 2010-01)
    Arthropod-transmitted viruses (Arboviruses) are important causes of disease in humans and animals, and it is proposed that climate change will increase the distribution and severity of arboviral diseases. Orbiviruses are ...