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Evidence of excretion of Schmallenberg virus in bull semen

Overview of attention for article published in Veterinary Research, April 2014
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Title
Evidence of excretion of Schmallenberg virus in bull semen
Published in
Veterinary Research, April 2014
DOI 10.1186/1297-9716-45-37
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Authors

Claire Ponsart, Nathalie Pozzi, Emmanuel Bréard, Virginie Catinot, Guillaume Viard, Corinne Sailleau, Cyril Viarouge, Julie Gouzil, Martin Beer, Stéphan Zientara, Damien Vitour

Abstract

Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is a novel orthobunyavirus, discovered in Germany in late 2011. It mainly infects cattle, sheep and goats and could lead to congenital infection, causing abortion and fetal abnormalities. SBV is transmitted by biting midges from the Culicoides genus and there is no evidence that natural infection occurs directly between ruminants. Here, we could detect SBV RNA in infected bull semen using qRT-PCR (three bulls out of seven tested positive; 29 positive semen batches out of 136). We also found that highly positive semen batches from SBV infected bulls can provoke an acute infection in IFNAR-/- mice, suggesting the potential presence of infectious virus in the semen of SBV infected bulls.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 2 5%
Unknown 38 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 20%
Student > Master 5 13%
Student > Bachelor 4 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 8%
Other 3 8%
Other 9 23%
Unknown 8 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 15 38%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 28%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 5%
Unknown 9 23%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 May 2014.
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#8,533,995
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from Veterinary Research
#424
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#79,853
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Outputs of similar age from Veterinary Research
#9
of 24 outputs
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