1. Bluetongue virus serotypes 1 and 4 in red deer, Spain.
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Rodriguez-Sanchez B, Gortazar C, Ruiz-Fons F, and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM
- Subjects
- Animals, Antibodies, Viral blood, Bluetongue virology, Bluetongue virus classification, Bluetongue virus genetics, Bluetongue virus immunology, Cattle, Cattle Diseases, Disease Reservoirs veterinary, Disease Reservoirs virology, Prevalence, RNA, Viral analysis, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Serotyping, Spain epidemiology, Bluetongue epidemiology, Bluetongue virus isolation & purification, Deer virology, Sentinel Surveillance veterinary
- Abstract
We studied the potential of red deer as bluetongue maintenance hosts and sentinels. Deer maintained detectable bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 4 RNA for 1 year after the virus was cleared from livestock. However, the virus was not transmitted to yearlings. BTV serotype 1 RNA was detected in red deer immediately after its first detection in cattle.
- Published
- 2010
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