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African Horse Sickness

Known as: Horsesicknesses, African, African Horse Sickness [Disease/Finding], African Horsesickness 
An insect-borne reovirus infection of horses, mules and donkeys in Africa and the Middle East; characterized by pulmonary edema, cardiac involvement… 
National Institutes of Health

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2008
2008
Molecular epidemiology of the African horse sickness virus S10 gene.
Between 2004 and 2006, 145 African horse sickness viruses (AHSV) were isolated from blood and organ samples submitted from South… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Investigations on outbreaks of African horse sickness in the surveillance zone in South Africa.
Confirmed outbreaks of African horse sickness (AHS) occurred in the surveillance zone of the Western Cape in 1999 and 2004, both… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Inner city, middle-aged African Americans have excess frank and subclinical disability.
BACKGROUND Healthy People 2010 seeks to decrease or eliminate the health disparities experienced by disadvantaged minority groups… 
2000
2000
Paediatric HIV infection in a rural South African district hospital.
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, clinical spectrum, and outcome of paediatric HIV infection in 281… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Preimmunization epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in South African children
The prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was determined in a community‐based, cross‐sectional, age‐stratified sample… 
1998
1998
Donkeys as reservoirs of African horse sickness virus.
Investigations have been carried out to elucidate the possible role of the donkey in the epidemiology of African horse sickness… 
1995
1995
African horse sickness surveillance systems and regionalisation/zoning: the case of South Africa.
Central and Southern Africa are generally regarded as being endemic areas for African horse sickness (AHS). With the advent of… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: a South African perspective.
Resistance to penicillin among South African strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae increased from 4.9% in 1979 to 14.4% in 1990… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
A competitive ELISA for the detection of group-specific antibodies to African horse sickness virus
SUMMARY A competition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed for the rapid identification and… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Laboratory Diagnosis of African Horse Sickness: Comparison of Serological Techniques and Evaluation of Storage Methods of Samples for Virus Isolation
Five serological methods of diagnosing African horse sickness were evaluated, using a battery of serum samples from experimental… 
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