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Volume 15, Number 3—March 2009
Dispatch

Epidemiology of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 8, Germany

Franz J. ConrathsComments to Author , Jörn M. Gethmann, Christoph Staubach, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Martin Beer, and Bernd Hoffmann
Author affiliations: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Wusterhausen, Germany (F.J. Conraths, J.M. Gethmann, C. Staubach); Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany (T.C. Mettenleiter, M. Beer, B. Hoffmann)

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Table

Animals affected by bluetongue virus serotype 8, Germany, 2006 and 2007

Animals Total no. animals No. diseased animals No. deaths Morbidity rate, % Mortality rate, % Case-fatality rate, %
Cattle
2006 48,364 1,131 72 2.34 0.15 6.37
2007
 1,317,111
 26,772
 3,512
 2.03
 0.27
 13.12
Sheep
2006 9,781 590 221 6.03 2.26 37.46
2007
 503,282
 32,116
 13,324
 6.38
 2.65
 41.49
Goats
2006 56 0 0 0 0 0
2007 3,346 209 54 6.25 1.61 25.84

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