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Abstract
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.
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Synonyms
13 entry terms
- African Horsesickness
- Equine Plague
- African Horse Sicknesses
- African Horsesicknesses
- Equine Plagues
- Horse Sickness, African
- Horse Sicknesses, African
- Horsesickness, African
- Horsesicknesses, African
- Plague, Equine
- Plagues, Equine
- Sickness, African Horse
- Sicknesses, African Horse
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Aspects Covered
33 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
caused by an Orbivirus; in horses, mules & donkeys; if in horses don't forget also HORSES (NIM) & check tag ANIMALS; if in mules or donkeys, coord IM with EQUIDAE (IM) & check tag ANIMALS
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Previous Indexing
- Horse Diseases (1966-1969)
- Reovirus Infections (1968-1979)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. African Horse Sickness. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000355. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000355
- African Horse Sickness. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_horse_sickness
- African Horse Sickness. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386408