Bluetongue is an economically important disease of ruminants. The causative agent, Bluetongue virus (BTV), is mainly transmitted by insect vectors. The research described in this thesis focuses on vector-independent BTV transmission, and its epizootic and economic consequences. Vector-independent transmission can either be vertical, from dam to foetus, or horizontal via direct contract For several BTV-serotypes, vertical (transplacental) transmission has been described, resulting in severe congenital malformations. Transplacental transmission had been mainly associated with live vaccine strains. Yet, the European BTV-8 strain demonstrated a high incidence of transplacental transmission in natural circumstances. The relevance of transplacent...
<p>Infection with bluetongue virus serotype (BTV)-8 occurred in ruminants in 2006 in Central-W...
In August 2006, bluetongue (BT) was notified in The Netherlands on several animal holdings. This was...
In August 2006, bluetongue (BT) was notified in The Netherlands on several animal holdings. This was...
Bluetongue is an economically important disease of ruminants. The causative agent, Bluetongue virus ...
The Bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) strain, which emerged in Europe in 2006, had an unusually hi...
Transplacental transmission of bluetongue virus has been shown previously for the North European str...
Until recently, bluetongue (BT) virus (BTV) serotypes reportedly causing transplacental infections w...
<p>Until recently, bluetongue (BT) virus (BTV) serotypes reportedly causing transplacental inf...
Bluetongue virus (BTV) produces an economically important disease in ruminants of compulsory notific...
Bluetongue virus (BTV) is a double-stranded RNA virus of the Reoviridae family within the genus Orbi...
To determine whether transplacental transmission could explain overwintering of bluetongue virus in ...
The capability of the recently emerged European strain of bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) to cro...
Bluetongue virus (BTV) has since 1998 extended its distribution further North than where it has prev...
To determine whether transplacental transmission could explain overwintering of bluetongue virus in ...
Bluetongue (BT), a disease that affects mainly sheep, causes economic losses owing to not only its ...
<p>Infection with bluetongue virus serotype (BTV)-8 occurred in ruminants in 2006 in Central-W...
In August 2006, bluetongue (BT) was notified in The Netherlands on several animal holdings. This was...
In August 2006, bluetongue (BT) was notified in The Netherlands on several animal holdings. This was...
Bluetongue is an economically important disease of ruminants. The causative agent, Bluetongue virus ...
The Bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) strain, which emerged in Europe in 2006, had an unusually hi...
Transplacental transmission of bluetongue virus has been shown previously for the North European str...
Until recently, bluetongue (BT) virus (BTV) serotypes reportedly causing transplacental infections w...
<p>Until recently, bluetongue (BT) virus (BTV) serotypes reportedly causing transplacental inf...
Bluetongue virus (BTV) produces an economically important disease in ruminants of compulsory notific...
Bluetongue virus (BTV) is a double-stranded RNA virus of the Reoviridae family within the genus Orbi...
To determine whether transplacental transmission could explain overwintering of bluetongue virus in ...
The capability of the recently emerged European strain of bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) to cro...
Bluetongue virus (BTV) has since 1998 extended its distribution further North than where it has prev...
To determine whether transplacental transmission could explain overwintering of bluetongue virus in ...
Bluetongue (BT), a disease that affects mainly sheep, causes economic losses owing to not only its ...
<p>Infection with bluetongue virus serotype (BTV)-8 occurred in ruminants in 2006 in Central-W...
In August 2006, bluetongue (BT) was notified in The Netherlands on several animal holdings. This was...
In August 2006, bluetongue (BT) was notified in The Netherlands on several animal holdings. This was...