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louping ill
(redirected from Louping ill virus)

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louping ill [′lüp·iŋ ‚il]
(veterinary medicine)
A virus disease of sheep, similar to encephalomyelitis, transmitted by the tickIxodes racinus. Also known as ovine encephalomyelitis; trembling ill.


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However, 2 other tickborne viruses, genetically related to TBEV, could not be formally excluded: Louping ill virus and Spanish sheep encephalitis virus.
Tickborne encephalitis, southwestern France by Hilbert, Gilles / Emerging Infectious Diseases
A related flavivirus has been isolated in Norway from sheep; it was subsequently analyzed as louping ill virus (LIV), not TBEV (3).
Tickborne encephalitis virus, Norway and Denmark by Lundkvist, Ake / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The only zoonotic arboviruses isolated from field material in the United Kingdom are the flavivirus Louping ill virus (LIV) (4) and the
Potential arbovirus emergence and implications for the United Kingdom by Sergeevna Gritsun, Tamara / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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