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Preferred term

Bluetongue virus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Blue Tongue Virus
  • Blue Tongue Viruses
  • Ovine Catarrhal Fever Virus

Note

  • infection = BLUETONGUE: see note there

Scope note

  • The type species of ORBIVIRUS causing a serious disease in sheep, especially lambs. It may also infect wild ruminants and other domestic animals.

History note

  • 94; was BLUE TONGUE VIRUS 1975-93 (see under REOVIRIDAE 1981-90, see under REOVIRUSES 1975-80)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001820

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