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Dual infection with bluetongue virus serotypes and first time detection of serotype 5 in India (2016)
Journal Article
Hemadri, D., Maan, S., Rao, P. N., Putty, K., Krishnajyothi, Y., Reddy, G. H., …Mertens, P. P. (2017). Dual infection with bluetongue virus serotypes and first time detection of serotype 5 in India. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 64(6), 1912-1917. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12589

Bluetongue is endemic in India and has been reported from most Indian states. Of late, the clinical disease is most frequently seen in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana (erstwhile Andhra Pradesh state), Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Our analysis o... Read More about Dual infection with bluetongue virus serotypes and first time detection of serotype 5 in India.

Development and evaluation of real time RT-PCR assays for detection and typing of Bluetongue virus (2016)
Journal Article
Richard, Y., Maan, S., Maan, N. S., Belaganahalli, M. N., Potgieter, A. C., Kumar, V., …Mertens, P. P. (2016). Development and evaluation of real time RT-PCR assays for detection and typing of Bluetongue virus. PLoS ONE, 11(9), Article e0163014. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163014

Bluetongue virus is the type species of the genus Orbivirus, family Reoviridae. Bluetongue viruses (BTV) are transmitted between their vertebrate hosts primarily by biting midges (Culicoides spp.) in which they also replicate. Consequently BTV distri... Read More about Development and evaluation of real time RT-PCR assays for detection and typing of Bluetongue virus.