| Literature DB >> 29392882 |
Maurilia Marcacci1,2, Serena Sant3, Iolanda Mangone1,2, Maria Goria3, Alessandro Dondo3, Simona Zoppi3, René G P van Gennip4, Maria Cristina Radaelli3, Cesare Cammà1,2, Piet A van Rijn4,5, Giovanni Savini1,2, Alessio Lorusso1,2.
Abstract
In this rapid communication, a novel atypical bluetongue virus (BTV) strain detected in goats in the Piedmont region (north-western Italy) is described. This strain, BTV-Z ITA2017, is most related in Seg-2/VP-2 (83.8% nt/82.7% aa) to strain TOV of BTV-25. Reactive antisera of goats positive by cELISA for BTV antibodies failed to neutralize a chimeric virus expressing the outermost protein of TOV. Infected animals displayed low levels of RNAemia and absence of clinical signs consistent with bluetongue infection, a scenario described in animals infected with atypical BTV strains.Entities:
Keywords: arboviruses; diagnostics; emerging diseases; virus
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29392882 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12822
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Transbound Emerg Dis ISSN: 1865-1674 Impact factor: 5.005