Animal diseases caused by orbiviruses, Algeria

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Dec;17(12):2325-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1712.110928.

Abstract

Antibodies against bluetongue virus were detected in cattle, sheep, goats, and camels in Algeria in 2008. Antibodies against epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus were detected in cattle, but antibodies against African horse sickness virus were not detected in horses and mules. Epizootic hemorrhagic disease in northern Africa poses a major risk for the European Union.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • African Horse Sickness / epidemiology
  • African Horse Sickness / immunology
  • African Horse Sickness Virus / immunology
  • Algeria / epidemiology
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Bluetongue / epidemiology
  • Bluetongue / immunology
  • Bluetongue virus / immunology
  • Camelus
  • Cattle
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / immunology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / veterinary
  • Goats
  • Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic / immunology
  • Horses
  • Orbivirus* / immunology
  • Reoviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Reoviridae Infections / immunology
  • Reoviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Risk Factors
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies
  • Sheep

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral