Article
Evolution of bluetongue virus serotype 1 in northern Australia over 30 years.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 2014
Boyle David B, Amos-Ritchie Rachel, Broz Ivano, Walker Peter J, Melville Lorna, Flanagan David, Davis Steven, Hunt Neville, Weir Richard
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Bluetongue virus serotype 1 (BTV 1) was first isolated in Australia from cattle blood collected in 1979 at Beatrice Hill Farm (BHF), Northern Territory (NT). From long-term surveillance programs (1977 to 2011), 2,487 isolations of 10 BTV serotypes were made. The most frequently isolated serotype was BTV 1 (41%, 1,019) followed by BTV 16 (17.5%, 436) and BTV 20 (14%, 348). In 3 years, no BTVs were...
Topics
- Animals
- Australia
- Bluetongue
- Bluetongue virus
- Cattle
- Cluster Analysis
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Drift
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Viral