Abstract
To determine prevalence of antibodies against Schmallenberg virus in adult cows and proportion of infection transmitted to fetuses, we tested serum samples from 519 cow/calf pairs in Belgium in spring 2012. Of cattle within 250 km of location where the virus emerged, ≈91% tested positive for IgG targeting nucleoprotein. Risk for fetal infection was ≈28%.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Antibodies, Viral / blood
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Antibodies, Viral / immunology
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Belgium / epidemiology
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Bunyaviridae Infections / epidemiology*
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Bunyaviridae Infections / transmission
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Cattle
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Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
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Cattle Diseases / transmission
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Immunoglobulin G / blood
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Immunoglobulin G / immunology
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Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
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Orthobunyavirus / immunology*
Substances
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Antibodies, Viral
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Immunoglobulin G