nairobi sheep disease

Summary

Summary: An arbovirus infection of sheep and goats transmitted by ticks. It is characterized by high fever and hemorrhagic gastroenteritis.

Nairobi sheep disease virus, an important tick-borne pathogen of sheep and goats in Africa, is also present in Asia
Beate I Marczinke
Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Virology 303:146-51
The high genetic variation of viruses of the genus Nairovirus reflects the diversity of their predominant tick hosts
Jessica E Honig
Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Virology 318:10-6

Nairobi sheep disease virus, an important tick-borne pathogen of sheep and goats in Africa, is also present in Asia
Beate I Marczinke
Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Virology 303:146-51
b>Nairobi sheep disease (NSD) virus is the prototype of the tick-borne NSD serogroup, genus Nairovirus, family Bunyaviridae. It is highly pathogenic for sheep and goats, causes disease in humans, and is widespread throughout East Africa...
The high genetic variation of viruses of the genus Nairovirus reflects the diversity of their predominant tick hosts
Jessica E Honig
Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Virology 318:10-6
..g., Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and Nairobi sheep disease (NSD), respectively]...