Rescue of recent virulent and avirulent field strains of bluetongue virus by reverse genetics.

Rescue of recent virulent and avirulent field strains of bluetongue virus by reverse genetics.

Since 1998, Bluetongue virus (BTV)-serotypes 1, 2, 4, 9, and 16 have invaded European countries around the Mediterranean Basin. In 2006, a huge BT-outbreak started after incursion of BTV-serotype 8 (BTV8) in North-Western Europe. More recently, BTV6 and BTV11 were reported in North-Western Europe in...

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Main Authors: René G P van Gennip, Sandra G P van de Water, Christiaan A Potgieter, Isabel M Wright, Daniel Veldman, Piet A van Rijn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3281837?pdf=render

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