Bluetongue in Belgium, 2006

Bluetongue has emerged recently in Belgium. A bluetongue virus strain was isolated and characterized as serotype 8. Two new real-time reverse transcription–quantitative PCRs (RT-qPCRs) that amplified 2 different segments of bluetongue virus detected this exotic strain. These 2 RT-qPCRs detected infe...

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Main Authors: Jean-François Toussaint, Corinne Sailleau, Jan Mast, Philippe Houdart, Guy Czaplicki, Lien Demeestere, Frank Vandenbussche, Wesley van Dessel, Nesya Goris, Emmanuel Bréard, Lotfi Bounaadja, Etienne Thiry, Stephan Zientara, Kris De Clercq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/4/06-1136_article