Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3430763 | Virus Research | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The sequences of the S10 genes of 28 recent isolates (1994–2004) of bluetongue virus (BTV) from the United States (US) and French Martinique Island (2006) in the Caribbean Basin were compared in phylogenetic analyses to those of viruses previously isolated in the same regions. Although the analyses segregated the recent virus isolates from the two regions into distinct topotype clusters, the analyses also confirm that viruses from the US and the Caribbean Basin/Central America can share similar S10 genes despite the fact that distinct constellations of BTV serotypes occur in the two regions.
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Authors
N. James MacLachlan, Stéphan Zientara, David E. Stallknecht, Joshua D. Boone, Virginia H. Goekjian, Corinne Sailleau, Udeni B. Balasuriya,