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Evidence of bluetongue virus serotype 21 (BTV-21) divergence.
Virus genes - 1 Jun 2012
Susmitha B, Sudheer D, Rao Pavuluri Panduranga, Uma Madala, Prasad Gaya, Minakshi P, Hegde Nagendra R, Reddy Y Narasimha
Abstract excerpt
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)....
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