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Virus Name: Louping ill

Abbreviation: LIV

Status
Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
3

SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.

Other Information
USDA Permit Required, DOC Permit Required, Hepa Filtration, USDA Restricted

Antigenic Group
B

Section VII - Natural Host Range (Additional text can be added below table)

Vertebrate (species and organ) and arthropod	No. isolations/No. tested	No. with antibody/No. tested Test used	Country and region


Man (natural)	Rare	Probable cases only	Scotland, N. England
Man (laboratory infections)(11)	5/5	Several
Cattle	Rare	Several	North Scotland, N. England
Horses	None	Rare
Sheep	Numerous	Very numerous	Ayrshire, North Scotland;, N.England(1)
Sheep		HI, NT (22)	Erie; N. Ireland (1)
Red deer	None	37% NT	Scotland (16, 17)
Red deer		22% in 300
Hares	None	9/9 HI, NT	Scotland
Hares		0/56	From other areas
Grouse	Yes	1/2 HI, NT	Forres, Scotland (21)
Grouse		14/43 HI	Glenesk, Scotland (29)
Grouse		0/10 NT
Ixodes ricinus	Numerous		Scotland (19, 22)
Apodemus sylvaticus	2/30	0/30 HI	Ayrshire, Scotland(23)
Sorex araneus	1/99	4/30 HI	Ayrshire, Scotland(23)
Horses	1		Ireland (29)

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