title: Identification of the virus of rabbit haemorrhagic disease in Tunisia.
abstract: During 1992 and 1993, outbreaks of an acute, highly fatal disease mainly affecting adult rabbits were observed in Tunisia. The clinical and pathological findings were consistent with rabbit haemorrhagic disease. A monoclonal antibody designated PG4G3 specific for surface determinants of the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus was used to identify the aetiological agent by ELISA and by colloidal gold immunoelectron microscopy; a haemagglutination test and conventional immunoelectron microscopy were also used. The results confirmed the first recorded cases of the disease in Tunisia.
authors.affiliation: Institut de la Recherche Vétérinaire de Tunisie, Tunisia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouslama
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: De Mia
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hammami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aouina
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soussi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Frescura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D017929:Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Rabbit / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008099:Liver / Q000821:virology; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron / Q000662:veterinary; D011817:Rabbits / Q000821:virology*; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology