Experimental Infection of Sheep at 45 and 60 Days of Gestation with Schmallenberg Virus Readily Led to Placental Colonization without Causing Congenital Malformations

Ludovic Martinelle; Antoine Poskin; Fabiana Dal Pozzo; Nick De Regge; Brigitte Cay; Claude Saegerman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139375

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Experimental Infection of Sheep at 45 and 60 Days of Gestation with Schmallenberg Virus Readily Led to Placental Colonization without Causing Congenital Malformations

Ludovic Martinelle ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ludovic Martinelle, Antoine Poskin

* E-mail: lmartinelle@ulg.ac.be

Affiliation Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Antoine Poskin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ludovic Martinelle, Antoine Poskin

Affiliations Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, Operational Directorate Viral Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA), Brussels, Belgium
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Fabiana Dal Pozzo,

Affiliation Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Nick De Regge,

Affiliation Operational Directorate Viral Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA), Brussels, Belgium
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Brigitte Cay,

Affiliation Operational Directorate Viral Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA), Brussels, Belgium
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Claude Saegerman

Affiliation Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Experimental Infection of Sheep at 45 and 60 Days of Gestation with Schmallenberg Virus Readily Led to Placental Colonization without Causing Congenital Malformations

Ludovic Martinelle,
Antoine Poskin,
Fabiana Dal Pozzo,
Nick De Regge,
Brigitte Cay,
Claude Saegerman

Published: September 29, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139375

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