title: Schmallenberg virus in domestic cattle, Belgium, 2012.
abstract: To determine prevalence of antibodies against Schmallenberg virus in adult cows and proportion of infection transmitted to fetuses, we tested serum samples from 519 cow/calf pairs in Belgium in spring 2012. Of cattle within 250 km of location where the virus emerged, ≈91% tested positive for IgG targeting nucleoprotein. Risk for fetal infection was ≈28%.
authors.affiliation: University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: Mutien-Marie
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Garigliany
authors.forename: Calixte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bayrou
authors.forename: Déborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kleijnen
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cassart
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Desmecht
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D016851:Orthobunyavirus / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G