The Journal of infection.
Publisher:
Academic Press.. Kent, UK : W.B. Saunders
Frequency: Eighy no. a year 2001-
Country: England
Language: English
Author(s):
British Society for the Study of Infection.
Start Year:1979 -
ISSN:
0163-4453 (Print)
1532-2742 (Electronic)
0163-4453 (Linking)
1532-2742 (Electronic)
0163-4453 (Linking)
Impact Factor
28.2
2022
| NLM ID: | 7908424 |
| (DNLM): | J24230000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 04392967 |
| Coden: | JINFD2 |
| Classification: | W1 JO706M |
Transmissibility from horses to humans of a novel paramyxovirus, equine morbillivirus (EMV). Determination of potential infectivity of a new paramyxovirus equine morbillivirus (EMV) from horses to humans and humans to humans as a result of two outbreaks in Queensland which involved 23 horses and three humans. Methods: Seroepidemiological testing using neutralizing and immunofluorescing antibodies on people with variable levels of exposure to infected horses and humans. Results: All serological testing on a total of 298 individual contacts was negative. Conclusions: While the three human cases of EMV were probably infected as a result of very close contact with horses, these data sugge...