"African Horse Sickness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An insect-borne reovirus infection of horses, mules and donkeys in Africa and the Middle East; characterized by pulmonary edema, cardiac involvement, and edema of the head and neck.
| Descriptor ID |
D000355
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.081.030 C02.782.791.142 C22.488.088
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| Concept/Terms |
African Horse Sickness- African Horse Sickness
- African Horse Sicknesses
- Horse Sickness, African
- Horse Sicknesses, African
- Sickness, African Horse
- Sicknesses, African Horse
- Equine Plague
- Equine Plagues
- Plague, Equine
- Plagues, Equine
- African Horsesickness
- African Horsesicknesses
- Horsesickness, African
- Horsesicknesses, African
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "African Horse Sickness" by people in Profiles.
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Rawlings P, Capela R, Pro MJ, Ortega MD, Pena I, Rubio C, Gasca A, Mellor PS. The relationship between climate and the distribution of Culicoides imicola in Iberia. Arch Virol Suppl. 1998; 14:95-102.
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Ortega MD, Mellor PS, Rawlings P, Pro MJ. The seasonal and geographical distribution of Culicoides imicola, C. pulicaris group and C. obsoletus group biting midges in central and southern Spain. Arch Virol Suppl. 1998; 14:85-91.
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Rawlings P, Pro MJ, Pena I, Ortega MD, Capela R. Spatial and seasonal distribution of Culicoides imicola in Iberia in relation to the transmission of African horse sickness virus. Med Vet Entomol. 1997 Jan; 11(1):49-57.