Bluetongue virus serotypes 1 and 4 in Sardinia during autumn 2012: New incursions or re-infection with old strains?

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-87

  Lorusso, Alessio ^a   Sghaier, Sufien ^b   Carvelli, Andrea ^a,d   Di Gennaro, Annapia ^a   Leone, Alessandra ^a   Marini, Valeria ^a   Pelini, Sandro ^a   Marcacci, Maurilia ^a   Rocchigiani, Angela Maria ^c   Puggioni, Giantonella ^c   Savini, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^b University Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus serotype 1; Bluetongue virus serotype 4; Phylogeny; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS SEROTYPE 1; BLUETONGUE VIRUS SEROTYPE 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; HERD; ITALY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; REOVIRUS INFECTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUNISIA; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS SEROTYPE 1; BLUETONGUE VIRUS SEROTYPE 4; PHYLOGENY; SARDINIA;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SPLEEN; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 84880998737     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.06.028     Document Type: Article

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