title: Bluetongue in western Turkey.
abstract: In October 1977 clinical bluetongue broke out in Aydin province, western Turkey and spread to adjacent provinces in the autumn months of 1978 and 1979. The outbreak was caused by a virus of serotype 4 and appeared to occur in a totally susceptible population. It was eventually controlled by widespread use of attenuated type-specific vaccine. Bluetongue virus was isolated from sheep on several occasions and also from a calf with congenital arthrogryposis and hydranencephaly. This latter finding is discussed in relation to Akabane virus, a recognised arbovirus teratogen thought to be present in the same area at the same time.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001819:Bluetongue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012756:Sheep; D014421:Turkey; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; D014765:Viral Vaccines
chemical_list: D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; D014765:Viral Vaccines