Emergence of Bluetongue Serotypes in Europe, Part 2 : The Occurrence of a BTV-11 Strain in Belgium
| Autor: | De Clercq, Kris, Mertens, Peter, De Leeuw, Ilse, Oura, Chris, Houdart, Philippe, Potgieter, A. Christiaan, Maan, Sushila, Hooyberghs, Jozef, Batten, Carrie, Vandemeulebroucke, Emmanuel, Wright, Isabel M., Maan, N., Riocreux, Flavien, Sanders, Anna, Vanderstede, Yves, Nomikou, Kyriaki, Raemaekers, M., Bin-Tarif, Abid, Shaw, Andrew, Henstock, Mark, Breard, Emmanuel, Dubois, Eric, Gastaldi-Thiéry, Cristina, Zientara, Stephan, Verheyden, Bart, Vandenbussche, Frank |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Sciensano [Bruxelles], Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Institute for Animal Health, Agence Fédérale pour la Sécurité de la Chaîne Alimentaire, Partenaires INRAE, Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Virologie, École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA), Unité de Pathologie des ruminants, Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | Transboundary and emerging diseases Transboundary and emerging diseases, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, 56 (9-10), pp.355-361. ⟨10.1111/j.1865-1682.2009.01092.x⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1865-1674 1865-1682 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2009.01092.x⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; P>An EDTA-blood sample from a cow without clinical signs, which gave early birth to a newborn calf that died soon after delivery, was shown to be positive for bluetongue virus (BTV)-RNA using a group-specific real-time RT-PCR (RT-qPCR). In-house serotype-specific RT-qPCR assays for bluetongue virus serotype 1 (BTV-1), -6 and -8 all gave negative results. Subsequent assays were carried out using conventional (gel-based) RT-PCR primers for all 25 BTV serotypes and only two primer sets, both specific for BTV-11, gave bands of the expected size. The cDNAs generated were sequenced and comparisons of the genome segment 2 sequence with that of the modified 'live' vaccine strain of BTV-11 from South Africa showed 100% identity. A survey of all ruminants in a 1-km area around the first positive farm using a BTV-11 serotype-specific RT-qPCR revealed five other holdings with in total nine BTV-11 positive animals. A cross-sectional monitoring of dairy cattle in Belgium showed an overall prevalence of 3.8% on herd level and 0.2% on animal level. A BTV-11 has been introduced into the Belgian cattle herd during the 2008 vector season. The source of the infection and the way by which the virus was introduced are unknown. |
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