Evidence of bluetongue virus serotype 21 (BTV-21) divergence.
Virus Genes
; 44(3): 466-9, 2012 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22350945
ABSTRACT
Bluetongue virus serotype 21 (BTV-21) was originally isolated from Australia, but has now been reported from India, Indonesia, China and Japan. We report the isolation, and sequencing of BTV-21 from India. The complete ORF sequence of VP2 gene of this isolate showed that it is closely related to recent BTV-21 isolates from Japan (93-94% identity), and distantly related to BTV-21 reference strain (86% identity). Our results, along with the available sequences of Japanese isolates, suggest that the currently circulating BTV-21 strains from India and Japan are divergent from the original strain(s) from Australia and shed light on designing molecular diagnostics for the detection of BTV.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
RNA, Viral
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Bluetongue
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Bluetongue virus
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Capsid Proteins
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Year:
2012
Type:
Article