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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Data from F.J. Conraths and colleagues advance knowledge in emerging infectious diseases
April 14th, 2009
"In Germany, bluetongue disease had not been reported before 2006," scientists in Wusterhausen, Germany report. "During August 2006-August 2008, > 24,000 bluetongue virus serotype 8 infections were reported, most (20,635) in 2007. In 2006 and 2007, respectively, case-fatality rates were 6.4% and 13.1% for cattle and 37.5% and 41.5% for sheep," wrote F.J. Conraths and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "Vaccination in 2008 decreased cases." Conraths and colleagues published their study in Emerging Infectious Diseases (Epidemiology of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 8, Germany. Emerging Infectious Diseases,...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-14)
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