Sequence analysis of bluetongue virus serotype 8 from the Netherlands 2006 and comparison to other European strains. [1]
Animal health [2]
Peer reviewed scientific article
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Authors
Maan, Sushila [3]; Maan, Narender S [4]; Ross-smith, Natalie [5]; Batten, Carrie A [6]; Shaw, Andrew E [7]; Anthony J Simon [8]; Samuel, Alan R [9]; Darpel, Karin E [10]; Veronesi, Eva [11]; Oura, Chris A L [12]; Singh, Karam P [13]; Nomikou, Kyriaki [14]; Potgieter, Abraham C [15]; Attoui, Houssam [16]; van Rooij, Eugene [17]; van Rijn, Piet [18]; Kris De Clercq [19]; Frank Vandenbussche [20]; Zientara, Stéphan [21]; Bréard, Emmanuel [22]; Sailleau, Corinne [23]; Beer, Martin [24]; Hoffman, Bernd [25]; Mellor, Philip S [26]; Mertens, Peter P C [27]Keywords
Abstract:
During 2006 the first outbreak of bluetongue ever recorded in northern Europe started in Belgium and the Netherlands, spreading to Luxemburg, Germany and north-east France. The virus overwintered (2006-2007) reappearing during May-June 2007 with greatly increased severity in affected areas, spreading further into Germany and France, reaching Denmark, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and the UK. Infected animals were also imported into Poland, Italy, Spain and the UK. An initial isolate from the Netherlands (NET2006/04) was identified as BTV-8 by RT-PCR assays targeting genome segment 2. The …