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Descriptor English: Nairobi sheep disease virus
Descriptor Spanish: Virus de la Enfermedad de los Ovinos de Nairobi
Descriptor virus de la Enfermedad de los ovinos de Nairobi
Entry term(s) virus Dugbe
virus Ganjam
Scope note: Especies de NAIROVIRUS, transmitidos por las garrapatas Ixodes, que provocan una gastroenteritis letal en ovejas y cabras. Si bien constituye un patógeno importante para los animales, no se ha podido establecer con certeza que afecte al hombre.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vírus da Doença do Carneiro de Nairobi
Descriptor French: Virus de la maladie du mouton de Nairobi
Entry term(s): Dugbe virus
Ganjam virus
Tree number(s): B04.820.480.750.565.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D029281
Scope note: A species of NAIROVIRUS, transmitted by the ixodid ticks and producing a lethal gastroenteritis in sheep and goats. Though a major veterinary pathogen, its effect on humans has not been firmly established.
Annotation: infection = NAIROBI SHEEP DISEASE
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
Previous Indexing: Arboviruses (1965-1981)
Bunyaviridae (1982-1995)
Nairovirus (1996-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002; for DUGBE VIRUS see NAIROVIRUS 1994-2017
History Note: 2002
DeCS ID: 35601
Unique ID: D029281
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Nairobi sheep disease virus - Preferred
Concept UI M0384335
Scope note A species of NAIROVIRUS, transmitted by the ixodid ticks and producing a lethal gastroenteritis in sheep and goats. Though a major veterinary pathogen, its effect on humans has not been firmly established.
Preferred term Nairobi sheep disease virus
Dugbe virus - Narrower
Concept UI M0027255
Preferred term Dugbe virus
Ganjam virus - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0384336
Preferred term Ganjam virus



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