Bluetongue disease and the molecular epidemiology of viruses from the western United States.

doi:10.1016/0147-9571(96)00003-3

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Bluetongue disease and the molecular epidemiology of viruses from the western United States.

Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases - 1 Jun 1996

Osburn B I, de Mattos C A, de Mattos C C, MacLachlan N J

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Prototype and field isolates of United States bluetongue viruses were evaluated for genetic heterogeneity by sequence analyses. Prototype viruses BTV 2, 10, 11, 13 and 17 from the United States, BTV 10 vaccine virus, and field isolates of BTV 10 and 17 from California were analyzed. Gene segment...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Bluetongue
Bluetongue virus
California
Cattle
Genetic Variation
Goats
Idaho
Mutation
Phylogeny
Sheep
Wyoming

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