Abstract
Bluetongue virus (BTV) is a major pathogen of ruminants. Especially serotypes 1, 6, and 8 are of concern to veterinary authorities in central Europe. This article describes highly sensitive real-time reverse transcription-PCR assays directed to BTV genome segment 2 for specific detection of BTV-1, -6, or -8 in animal samples.
Publication types
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Evaluation Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bluetongue / diagnosis*
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Bluetongue / virology*
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Bluetongue virus / classification*
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Bluetongue virus / isolation & purification*
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DNA Primers / genetics
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Europe
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
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Ruminants
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Sensitivity and Specificity