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African horse sickness

insect-borne reovirus infection of horses, mules and donkeys in Africa and the Middle East; characterized by pulmonary edema, cardiac involvement, and edema of the head and neck
MedicalCondition disease Q386408
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African horse sickness

Summary

African horse sickness is a disease[1]. It draws 122 Wikipedia views per month (disease category, ranking #258 of 806).[2]

Key Facts

  • African horse sickness's instance of is recorded as disease[3].
  • African horse sickness's instance of is recorded as infectious disease[4].
  • African horse sickness is a type of horse disease[5].
  • African horse sickness is a type of Orbivirus infectious disease[6].
  • African horse sickness's has cause is recorded as African horse sickness virus[7].
  • African horse sickness's health specialty is recorded as infectious diseases[8].
  • African horse sickness's health specialty is recorded as veterinary medicine[9].
  • African horse sickness's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[10].

Why It Matters

African horse sickness draws 122 Wikipedia views per month (disease category, ranking #258 of 806).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

disease infectious disease infectious diseases

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → horse disease, Orbivirus infectious disease
    Instance of → disease, infectious disease
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39863|batch #39863]]: rm redundant P279"
  2. 13w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Medicine
    Has cause → African horse sickness virus
    Health specialty → infectious diseases, veterinary medicine
    Disease ontology id → DOID:1333
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39848|batch #39848]]: + P31 = "type of animal disease""
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