• Effect of challenge dose and age in experimental infection of pigs with encephalomyocarditis virus 

      Billinis, C.; Leontides, L.; Psychas, V.; Spyrou, V.; Kostoulas, P.; Koenen, F.; Papadopoulos, O. (2004)
      Two experiments were performed to compare the severity of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) infection in pigs. The pigs were challenged with the Greek myocardial strain, at different ages and with different doses. In the ...
    • Genetic variability of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) isolates 

      Denis, P.; Liebig, H. D.; Nowotny, N.; Billinis, C.; Papadopoulos, O.; O'Hara, R. S.; Knowles, N. J.; Koenen, F. (2006)
      In order to evaluate the variability of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), field isolates originating from different European regions and inducing different clinical pictures in pigs have been molecularly characterised. ...
    • The occurrence of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) in European pigs from 1990 to 2001 

      Maurice, H.; Nielen, M.; Brocchi, E.; Nowotny, N.; Kassimi, L. B.; Billinis, C.; Loukaides, P.; O'Hara, R. S.; Koenen, F. (2005)
      The occurrence of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) among domestic pigs and wild boar in several European countries is described and discussed. From 1990 to 2001 clinical outbreaks were analysed and serum samples, partly ...
    • Transmission and pathogenicity of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) among rats 

      Spyrou, V.; Maurice, H.; Billinis, C.; Papanastassopoulou, M.; Psalla, D.; Nielen, M.; Koenen, F.; Papadopoulos, O. (2004)
      Due to the probable role played by rodents as a reservoir for the transmission of the EMC virus to pigs, the experiment reported here was performed in order to assess the transmission rate of EMCV within a rat population. ...