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Evidence for the presence of bluetongue virus in Kosovo between 2001 and 2004
Author(s) -
Osmani A.,
Murati B.,
Kabashi Q.,
Goga I.,
Berisha B.,
Wilsmore A. J.,
Hamblin C.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.158.12.393
Subject(s) - virus , virology , biology , orbivirus , veterinary medicine , medicine , reoviridae , rotavirus
In 2001, clinical cases of bluetongue were observed in Kosovo, and in that year and in 2003 and 2004, serum samples were collected from cattle and small ruminants and tested for antibodies to bluetongue virus. The results provide evidence that bluetongue virus was not present in Kosovo before the summer of 2001, but that the virus circulated subclinically among the cattle and sheep populations of Kosovo in 2002, 2003 and 2004.