Bluetongue virus genetic and phenotypic diversity: Towards identifying the molecular determinants that influence virulence and transmission potential

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Coetzee, Peter ^a,b   Van Vuuren, Moritz ^a   Stokstad, Maria ^b   Myrmel, Mette ^b   Venter, Estelle H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Bluetongue virus; Genetic drift; Genetic shift; Intragenic recombination; Modified live virus vaccine strain; Phenotype; Reverse genetics; Transmission potential; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL WELFARE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; DNA MODIFICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; EUROPE; GENES, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE;

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CAMELIDAE; DSRNA VIRUSES; ORBIVIRUS; REOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84869871093     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.07.007     Document Type: Review

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