Full genome characterisation of bluetongue virus serotype 6 from the Netherlands 2008 and comparison to other field and vaccine strains.

In mid September 2008, clinical signs of bluetongue (particularly coronitis) were observed in cows on three different farms in eastern Netherlands (Luttenberg, Heeten, and Barchem), two of which had been vaccinated with an inactivated BTV-8 vaccine (during May-June 2008). Bluetongue virus (BTV) infe...

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Main Authors: Sushila Maan, Narender S Maan, Piet A van Rijn, René G P van Gennip, Anna Sanders, Isabel M Wright, Carrie Batten, Bernd Hoffmann, Michael Eschbaumer, Chris A L Oura, Abraham C Potgieter, Kyriaki Nomikou, Peter P C Mertens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2859060?pdf=render