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Bluetongue in the Sultanate of Oman, a preliminary epidemiological study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

W. P. Taylor ,
S. M. Al Busaidy  and
P. S. Mellor
W. P. Taylor
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Krishi Bhaavan, New Delhi 110001, India
S. M. Al Busaidy
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, PO Box 467, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
P. S. Mellor*
Affiliation:
Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, GU24 ONF, Great Britain
*
*Correspondence and reprint requests should be sent to Dr P. S. Mellor
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A group specific agar-gel immunodiffusion test was used to demonstrate that there is a frequent and widespread distribution of bluetongue virus throughout the Sultanate of Oman. The Culicoides midges C. imicola and C. schultzei, both capable of transmitting bluetongue group viruses, were recorded throughout the year. Although these studies did not establish that bluetongue is enzootic in Oman, type-specific neutralizing antibody results supported previous evidence for the existence of a Saudi Arabian bluetongue ecosystem. Variations in antibody evidence of virus activity within a restricted locality suggested a hot-spot theory concerning the perpetuation of the virus.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 107 , Issue 1 , August 1991 , pp. 87 - 97
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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