| Literature DB >> 22350945 |
B Susmitha1, D Sudheer, Pavuluri Panduranga Rao, Madala Uma, Gaya Prasad, P Minakshi, Nagendra R Hegde, Y Narasimha Reddy.
Abstract
Bluetongue virus serotype 21 (BTV-21) was originally isolated from Australia, but has now been reported from India, Indonesia, China and Japan. We report the isolation, and sequencing of BTV-21 from India. The complete ORF sequence of VP2 gene of this isolate showed that it is closely related to recent BTV-21 isolates from Japan (93-94% identity), and distantly related to BTV-21 reference strain (86% identity). Our results, along with the available sequences of Japanese isolates, suggest that the currently circulating BTV-21 strains from India and Japan are divergent from the original strain(s) from Australia and shed light on designing molecular diagnostics for the detection of BTV.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22350945 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-012-0724-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virus Genes ISSN: 0920-8569 Impact factor: 2.332