TY - JOUR AU - Conraths, Franz J. AU - Gethmann, Jörn M. AU - Staubach, Christoph AU - Mettenleiter, Thomas C. AU - Beer, Martin AU - Hoffmann, Bernd T1 - Epidemiology of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 8, Germany T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 3 SP - 433 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In Germany, bluetongue disease had not been reported before 2006. During August 2006–August 2008, >24,000 bluetongue virus serotype 8 infections were reported, most (20,635) in 2007. In 2006 and 2007, respectively, case-fatality rates were 6.4% and 13.1% for cattle and 37.5% and 41.5% for sheep. Vaccination in 2008 decreased cases. KW - Bluetongue disease KW - serotype 8 KW - ruminants KW - Culicoides KW - epidemiology KW - RT-PCR KW - mortality KW - dispatch KW - Germany DO - 10.3201/eid1503.081210 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/3/08-1210_article ER - End of Reference