[Bluetongue disease reaches Switzerland].
Since 2006 bluetongue disease is rapidly spreading across Europe and reached Switzerland in October 2007. In the present article a short overview about the disease and the virus is given, and the first three clinical bluetongue disease cases in cattle, and the respective laboratory findings are presented.
Hofmann
M
M
Institut für Viruskrankheiten und Immunprophylaxe (IVI), Mittelhäusern.
Griot
C
C
Chaignat
V
V
Perler
L
L
Thür
B
B
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