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Novel bluetongue virus serotype from Kuwait by Maan, Sushila, Maan, Narender S, Nomikou, Kyriaki, Batten, Carrie, Antony, Frank, Belaganahalli, Manjunatha N, Samy, Attia Mohamed, Reda, Ammar Abdel, Al-Rashid, Sana Ahmed, El Batel, Maha, Oura, Chris A L, Mertens, Peter P C

“…Sheep and goats sampled in Kuwait during February 2010 were seropositive for bluetongue virus (BTV). BTV isolate KUW2010/02, from 1 of only 2 sheep that also…”
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A review of RT-PCR technologies used in veterinary virology and disease control: Sensitive and specific diagnosis of five livestock diseases notifiable to the World Organisation for Animal Health by Hoffmann, Bernd, Beer, Martin, Reid, Scott M., Mertens, Peter, Oura, Chris A.L., van Rijn, Piet A., Slomka, Marek J., Banks, Jill, Brown, Ian H., Alexander, Dennis J., King, Donald P.

“…Real-time, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) has become one of the most widely used methods in the field of molecular diagnostics and…”
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Full Genome Characterisation of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 6 from the Netherlands 2008 and Comparison to Other Field and Vaccine Strains by Maan, Sushila, Maan, Narender S, Rijn, Piet A. van, Gennip, René G.P. van, Sanders, Anna, Wright, Isabel M, Batten, Carrie, Hoffmann, Bernd, Eschbaumer, Michael, Oura, Chris A.L, Potgieter, Abraham C, Nomikou, Kyriaki, Mertens, Peter P.C

“…In mid September 2008, clinical signs of bluetongue (particularly coronitis) were observed in cows on three different farms in eastern Netherlands (Luttenberg,…”
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Cellular immunity in ASFV responses by Takamatsu, Haru-Hisa, Denyer, Michael S., Lacasta, Anna, Stirling, Catrina M.A., Argilaguet, Jordi M., Netherton, Christopher L., Oura, Chris A.L., Martins, Carlos, Rodríguez, Fernando

“…► A review of cellular immunity to ASFV infection with new data. ► Cellular immune responses are essential for protective ASF immunity. ► Elevated NK cell…”
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A real time RT-PCR assay for the specific detection of Peste des petits ruminants virus by Batten, Carrie A., Banyard, Ashley C., King, Donald P., Henstock, Mark R., Edwards, Lorraine, Sanders, Anna, Buczkowski, Hubert, Oura, Chris C.L., Barrett, Tom

“…Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes a devastating disease of small ruminants present across much of Africa and Asia. Recent surveillance activities…”
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Detection of African swine fever virus by loop-mediated isothermal amplification by James, Heather E., Ebert, K., McGonigle, R., Reid, Scott M., Boonham, Neil, Tomlinson, Jennifer A., Hutchings, Geoffrey H., Denyer, Mick, Oura, Chris A.L., Dukes, Juliet P., King, Donald P.

“…A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was developed for the detection of African swine fever virus (ASFV). This assay targets the topoisomerase…”
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African swine fever: Update on Eastern, Central and Southern Africa by Mulumba‐Mfumu, Léopold K., Saegerman, Claude, Dixon, Linda K., Madimba, Kapanga C., Kazadi, Eric, Mukalakata, Ndeji T., Oura, Chris A. L., Chenais, Erika, Masembe, Charles, Ståhl, Karl, Thiry, Etienne, Penrith, Mary Louise

“…Control of African swine fever (ASF) in countries in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA) is particularly complex owing to the presence of all three…”
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Validation of a high-throughput real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of capripoxviral DNA by Stubbs, Samuel, Oura, Chris A.L., Henstock, Mark, Bowden, Timothy R., King, Donald P., Tuppurainen, Eeva S.M.

“…Capripoxviruses, which are endemic in much of Africa and Asia, are the aetiological agents of economically devastating poxviral diseases in cattle, sheep and…”
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The Others: A Systematic Review of the Lesser-Known Arboviruses of the Insular Caribbean by Ali, Inshan, Alarcόn-Elbal, Pedro M, Mundle, Marcia, Noble, Simmoy A A, Oura, Chris A L, Anzinger, Joshua J, Sandiford, Simone L

“…The Caribbean enjoys a long-standing eminence as a popular tourist destination; however, over the years it has also amassed the sobriquet "arbovirus hotspot"…”
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Viral Diversity of Tick Species Parasitizing Cattle and Dogs in Trinidad and Tobago by Sameroff, Stephen, Tokarz, Rafal, Charles, Roxanne Albertha, Jain, Komal, Oleynik, Alexandra, Che, Xiaoyu, Georges, Karla, Carrington, Christine V., Lipkin, W. Ian, Oura, Chris

“…Ticks are vectors of a wide variety of pathogens that are implicated in mild to severe disease in humans and other animals. Nonetheless, the full range of…”
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Theileria parva genetic diversity and haemoparasite prevalence in cattle and wildlife in and around Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda by Oura, Chris A. L., Tait, Andy, Asiimwe, Benon, Lubega, George W., Weir, William

“…Wildlife, especially Cape buffalo ( Syncerus caffer ), are thought to act as a reservoir for many of the important tick-borne pathogens of cattle. In this…”
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Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus serotype 7 in European cattle and sheep: Diagnostic considerations and effect of previous BTV exposure by Eschbaumer, Michael, Wernike, Kerstin, Batten, Carrie A., Savini, Giovanni, Edwards, Lorraine, Di Gennaro, Annapia, Teodori, Liana, Oura, Chris A.L., Beer, Martin, Hoffmann, Bernd

“…Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV), an arthropod-borne orbivirus (family Reoviridae), is an emerging pathogen of wild and domestic ruminants that is…”
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African swine fever virus isolate, Georgia, 2007 by Rowlands, Rebecca J, Michaud, Vincent, Heath, Livio, Hutchings, Geoff, Oura, Chris, Vosloo, Wilna, Dwarka, Rahana, Onashvili, Tinatin, Albina, Emmanuel, Dixon, Linda K

“…African swine fever (ASF) is widespread in Africa but is rarely introduced to other continents. In June 2007, ASF was confirmed in the Caucasus region of…”
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A Reliable and Reproducible Experimental Challenge Model for Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus by EL HARRAK, Mehdi, TOUIL, Nadia, OURA, Chris A. L, LOUTFI, Chafiqua, HAMMOUCHI, Mustapha, PARIDA, Satya, SEBBAR, Gizlane, CHAFFAI, Nadia, HARIF, Bachir, MESSOUDI, Nezha, BATTEN, Carrie

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Sequence analysis of bluetongue virus serotype 8 from the Netherlands 2006 and comparison to other European strains by Maan, Sushila, Maan, Narender S, Ross-smith, Natalie, Batten, Carrie A, Shaw, Andrew E, Anthony, Simon J, Samuel, Alan R, Darpel, Karin E, Veronesi, Eva, Oura, Chris A.L, Singh, Karam P, Nomikou, Kyriaki, Potgieter, Abraham C, Attoui, Houssam, van Rooij, Eugene, van Rijn, Piet, De Clercq, Kris, Vandenbussche, Frank, Zientara, Stéphan, Bréard, Emmanuel, Sailleau, Corinne, Beer, Martin, Hoffman, Bernd, Mellor, Philip S, Mertens, Peter P.C

“…Abstract During 2006 the first outbreak of bluetongue ever recorded in northern Europe started in Belgium and the Netherlands, spreading to Luxemburg, Germany…”
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Reflections on One Health leadership training needs for the 21st century by Stephen, Craig, Oura, Chris

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Climate change and health in the Caribbean: A review highlighting research gaps and priorities by Rise, Nina, Oura, Chris, Drewry, Jonathan

“…•The Caribbean has fewer peer-reviewed climate and health publications than other regions•There is limited research on public health preparedness and response…”
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Evidence of vertical transmission of lumpy skin disease virus in Rhipicephalus decoloratus ticks by Tuppurainen, Eeva S.M, Lubinga, Jimmy C, Stoltsz, Wilhelm H, Troskie, Milana, Carpenter, Simon T, Coetzer, Jacobus A.W, Venter, Estelle H, Oura, Chris A.L

“…Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an economically important acute or sub-acute disease of cattle that occurs across Africa and in the Middle East. The aim of this…”
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Multilocus genotyping of Theileria parva isolates associated with a live vaccination trial in Kenya provides evidence for transmission of immunizing parasites into local tick and cattle populations by Bishop, Richard P., Odongo, David O., Spooner, Paul R., Morzaria, Subhash P., Oura, Chris A. L., Skilton, Robert A.

“…The live infection and treatment (ITM) vaccination procedure using the trivalent Muguga cocktail is increasingly being used to control East Coast fever, with…”
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Detection of capripoxvirus DNA using a novel loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay by Murray, Lee, Edwards, Lorraine, Tuppurainen, Eeva S M, Bachanek-Bankowska, Katarzyna, Oura, Chris A L, Mioulet, Valerie, King, Donald P

“…Sheep poxvirus (SPPV), Goat poxvirus (GTPV) and Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) are the most serious poxviruses of ruminants. They are double stranded DNA…”
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