Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2014)

Schmallenberg Virus Infection among Red Deer, France, 2010–2012

  • Eve Laloy,
  • Emmanuel Bréard,
  • Corinne Sailleau,
  • Cyril Viarouge,
  • Alexandra Desprat,
  • Stéphan Zientara,
  • François Klein,
  • Jean Hars,
  • Sophie Rossi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2001.130411
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 1
pp. 131 – 134

Abstract

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Schmallenberg virus infection is emerging in European domestic and wild ruminants. We investigated the serologic status of 9 red deer populations to describe virus spread from September 2010 through March 2012 among wildlife in France. Deer in 7 populations exhibited seropositivity, with an average seroprevalence of 20%.

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