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African Horse Sickness

MedGen UID:
166
Concept ID:
C0001748
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: African Horse Sicknesses; African Horsesickness; African Horsesicknesses; Equine Plague; Equine Plagues; Horse Sickness, African; Horse Sicknesses, African; Horsesickness, African; Horsesicknesses, African; Plague, Equine; Plagues, Equine; Sickness, African Horse; Sicknesses, African Horse

Definition

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. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAfrican Horse Sickness

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Hanekom J, Lubisi BA, Leisewitz A, Guthrie A, Fosgate GT
Prev Vet Med 2023 Apr;213:105868. Epub 2023 Feb 2 doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105868. PMID: 36739812
Lord CC, Barnard B, Day K, Hargrove JW, McNamara JJ, Paul RE, Trenholme K, Woolhouse ME
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1999 Apr 29;354(1384):799-807. doi: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0432. PMID: 10365405Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Grünwaldt JM, Castellaro G, Flores ER, Morales-Nieto CR, Valdez-Cepeda RD, Guevera JC, Grünwaldt EG
Rev Sci Tech 2016 Nov;35(2):543-560. doi: 10.20506/rst.35.2.2526. PMID: 27917972
HaiXiu W, EnCheng S, QingYuan X, Tao Y, Qin Z, YuFei F, JunPing L, Shuang L, Liang S, Jing S, DongLai W
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015 Feb;99(3):1309-21. Epub 2014 Oct 26 doi: 10.1007/s00253-014-6150-4. PMID: 25343975
Gould EA, Higgs S, Buckley A, Gritsun TS
Emerg Infect Dis 2006 Apr;12(4):549-55. doi: 10.3201/eid1204.051010. PMID: 16704800Free PMC Article
Mellor PS, Leake CJ
Rev Sci Tech 2000 Apr;19(1):41-54. doi: 10.20506/rst.19.1.1211. PMID: 11189725
Wittmann EJ, Baylis M
Vet J 2000 Sep;160(2):107-17. doi: 10.1053/tvjl.2000.0470. PMID: 10985802

Clinical prediction guides

Grünwaldt JM, Castellaro G, Flores ER, Morales-Nieto CR, Valdez-Cepeda RD, Guevera JC, Grünwaldt EG
Rev Sci Tech 2016 Nov;35(2):543-560. doi: 10.20506/rst.35.2.2526. PMID: 27917972
Ayelet G, Derso S, Jenberie S, Tigre W, Aklilu N, Gelaye E, Asmare K
Acta Trop 2013 Aug;127(2):91-6. Epub 2013 Apr 6 doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.03.018. PMID: 23567554
Gould EA, Higgs S, Buckley A, Gritsun TS
Emerg Infect Dis 2006 Apr;12(4):549-55. doi: 10.3201/eid1204.051010. PMID: 16704800Free PMC Article
Mellor PS, Leake CJ
Rev Sci Tech 2000 Apr;19(1):41-54. doi: 10.20506/rst.19.1.1211. PMID: 11189725
Wittmann EJ, Baylis M
Vet J 2000 Sep;160(2):107-17. doi: 10.1053/tvjl.2000.0470. PMID: 10985802

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