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Detection, discrimination and quantitation of 22 bluetongue virus serotypes using real-time RT-PCR with TaqMan MGB probes.
Archives of virology - 1 Sept 2015
Feng Yufei, Yang Tao, Xu Qingyuan, Sun Encheng, Li Junping, Lv Shuang, Wang Haixiu, Zhang Qin, Zhang Jikai, Wu Donglai
Abstract excerpt
Bluetongue virus (BTV) is the etiological agent of bluetongue (BT) disease, a noncontagious insect-transmitted disease of international importance. To date, 26 BTV serotypes have been recognized worldwide. Methods to discriminate BTV serotypes in clinical samples are essential to epidemiological surveillance efforts and BTV vaccination programs. The BTV VP2 major outer capsid protein, encoded by genomic segment 2...
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