title: Routes of transmission and consequences of small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLVs) infection and eradication schemes.
abstract: Small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLV = maedi-visna in sheep and caprine arthritis encephalitis in goats) are distributed throughout most countries of the world, particularly Europe. Laboratories from 16 European countries established collaborations within the framework of a COST (CO-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) action sponsored by the European Union in order to (i) better organize their research programmes on SRLVs and (ii) to coordinate efforts to combat these two diseases. After five years, a consensus conference--the first one in the veterinary medicine field--concluded the work of this network of laboratories by reviewing the present position and discussing three important questions in the field of SRLVs: routes of transmission, consequences of infection and potential role of eradication programmes at either a European or local level, according to the situation in each country or region. This paper brings together existing information regarding these questions and identifies areas for future research.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Veterinary Virology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Ernst
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peterhans
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Greenland
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Badiola
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Harkiss
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bertoni
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amorena
authors.forename: Muriel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eliaszewicz
authors.forename: Ramon A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Juste
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krassnig
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lafont
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lenihan
authors.forename: Gudmundur
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pétursson
authors.forename: Geoff
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pritchard
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thorley
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vitu
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mornex
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pépin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006041:Goats; D015994:Incidence; D016180:Lentivirus Infections / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary*; D008892:Milk / Q000821:virology; D012418:Ruminants; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology