| bovine ephemeral fever in taiwan. | bovine ephemeral fever (bef) is a vector-borne disease of cattle, spanning tropical and subtropical zones of asia, australia, and africa, caused by ephemerovirus of the rhabdoviridae. taiwan has had 3 bef epizootics, occurring in 1989, 1996, and 1999, since the vaccination regimen was initiated in 1984, given once a year in the spring with a single-dose formaldehyde-inactivated vaccine using the 1983 isolate as the seed virus. this study evaluated the 1999 population immunity against bef virus i ... | 2001 | 11724135 |
| bovine ephemeral fever in taiwan (2001-2002). | bovine ephemeral fever (bef), a vector-borne disease of cattle, is caused by the ephemerovirus of the family rhabdoviridae. in the past 40 years, taiwan has had seven bef epizootics, and we have previously reported the first five. this study summarizes the 2001 and 2002 epizootics; conducted case-control serologic studies on 10 herds involved in the 2001 epizootic; determined whether the recent bef viruses have varied significantly; and discusses the relationship between epizootic patterns and p ... | 2005 | 15876792 |