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Novel bluetongue virus serotype from Kuwait by Maan, Sushila, Maan, Narender S, Nomikou, Kyriaki, Batten, Carrie, Antony, Frank, Belaganahalli, Manjunatha N, Samy, Attia Mohamed, Reda, Ammar Abdel, Al-Rashid, Sana Ahmed, El Batel, Maha, Oura, Chris A L, Mertens, Peter P C

“…Sheep and goats sampled in Kuwait during February 2010 were seropositive for bluetongue virus (BTV). BTV isolate KUW2010/02, from 1 of only 2 sheep that also…”
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How often do mosquitoes bite humans in southern England? A standardised summer trial at four sites reveals spatial, temporal and site-related variation in biting rates by Brugman, Victor A, England, Marion E, Stoner, Joanne, Tugwell, Laura, Harrup, Lara E, Wilson, Anthony J, Medlock, Jolyon M, Logan, James G, Fooks, Anthony R, Mertens, Peter P C, Johnson, Nicholas, Carpenter, Simon

“…This field-based study examined the abundance and species complement of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) attracted to humans at four sites in the United Kingdom…”
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Transplacental transmission of bluetongue virus 8 in cattle, UK by Darpel, Karin E, Batten, Carrie A, Veronesi, Eva, Williamson, Susanna, Anderson, Peter, Dennison, Mike, Clifford, Stuart, Smith, Ciaran, Philips, Lucy, Bidewell, Cornelia, Bachanek-Bankowska, Katarzyna, Sanders, Anna, Bin-Tarif, Abid, Wilson, Anthony J, Gubbins, Simon, Mertens, Peter P C, Oura, Chris A, Mellor, Philip S

“…To determine whether transplacental transmission could explain overwintering of bluetongue virus in the United Kingdom, we studied calves born to dams…”
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Bluetongue in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin: History of occurrence prior to 2006 by Mellor, Philip S., Carpenter, Simon, Harrup, Lara, Baylis, Matthew, Mertens, Peter P.C.

“…Bluetongue virus (BTV) exists around the world in a broad band covering much of the Americas, Africa, southern Asia and northern Australia. Historically, it…”
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Full Genome Characterisation of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 6 from the Netherlands 2008 and Comparison to Other Field and Vaccine Strains by Maan, Sushila, Maan, Narender S, Rijn, Piet A. van, Gennip, René G.P. van, Sanders, Anna, Wright, Isabel M, Batten, Carrie, Hoffmann, Bernd, Eschbaumer, Michael, Oura, Chris A.L, Potgieter, Abraham C, Nomikou, Kyriaki, Mertens, Peter P.C

“…In mid September 2008, clinical signs of bluetongue (particularly coronitis) were observed in cows on three different farms in eastern Netherlands (Luttenberg,…”
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Sequence analysis of bluetongue virus serotype 8 from the Netherlands 2006 and comparison to other European strains by Maan, Sushila, Maan, Narender S, Ross-smith, Natalie, Batten, Carrie A, Shaw, Andrew E, Anthony, Simon J, Samuel, Alan R, Darpel, Karin E, Veronesi, Eva, Oura, Chris A.L, Singh, Karam P, Nomikou, Kyriaki, Potgieter, Abraham C, Attoui, Houssam, van Rooij, Eugene, van Rijn, Piet, De Clercq, Kris, Vandenbussche, Frank, Zientara, Stéphan, Bréard, Emmanuel, Sailleau, Corinne, Beer, Martin, Hoffman, Bernd, Mellor, Philip S, Mertens, Peter P.C

“…Abstract During 2006 the first outbreak of bluetongue ever recorded in northern Europe started in Belgium and the Netherlands, spreading to Luxemburg, Germany…”
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Immunisation with bacterial expressed VP2 and VP5 of bluetongue virus (BTV) protect α/β interferon-receptor knock-out (IFNAR−/− ) mice from homologous lethal challenge by Mohd Jaafar, Fauziah, Belhouchet, Mourad, Vitour, Damien, Adam, Micheline, Breard, Emmanuel, Zientara, Stéphan, Mertens, Peter P.C, Attoui, Houssam

“…Highlights • Structural capsid proteins of bluetongue virus were expressed as soluble proteins in bacteria. • Soluble bacterially expressed VP2 raise strong…”
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Transmission pathways of foot-and-mouth disease virus in the United Kingdom in 2007 by Cottam, Eleanor M, Wadsworth, Jemma, Shaw, Andrew E, Rowlands, Rebecca J, Goatley, Lynnette, Maan, Sushila, Maan, Narender S, Mertens, Peter P C, Ebert, Katja, Li, Yanmin, Ryan, Eoin D, Juleff, Nicholas, Ferris, Nigel P, Wilesmith, John W, Haydon, Daniel T, King, Donald P, Paton, David J, Knowles, Nick J

“…Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus causes an acute vesicular disease of domesticated and wild ruminants and pigs. Identifying sources of FMD outbreaks is often…”
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Clinical disease in sheep caused by bluetongue virus serotype 8, and prevention by an inactivated vaccine by Moulin, Véronique, Noordegraaf, Cor Vonk, Makoschey, Birgit, van der Sluijs, Mirjam, Veronesi, Eva, Darpel, Karin, Mertens, Peter P.C, de Smit, Hans

“…Highlights ► BTV-8 grown in mammalian or Culicoides cell-cultures used for challenge infection. ► Both BTV-8 virus preparations induced severe clinical signs…”
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Real time RT-PCR assays for detection and typing of African horse sickness virus by Bachanek-Bankowska, Katarzyna, Maan, Sushila, Castillo-Olivares, Javier, Manning, Nicola M, Maan, Narender Singh, Potgieter, Abraham C, Di Nardo, Antonello, Sutton, Geoff, Batten, Carrie, Mertens, Peter P C

“…Although African horse sickness (AHS) can cause up to 95% mortality in horses, naïve animals can be protected by vaccination against the homologous AHSV…”
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Complete characterisation of the American grass carp reovirus genome (genus Aquareovirus : family Reoviridae ) reveals an evolutionary link between aquareoviruses and coltiviruses by Mohd Jaafar, Fauziah, Goodwin, Andrew E, Belhouchet, Mourad, Merry, Gwenn, Fang, Qin, Cantaloube, Jean-François, Biagini, Philippe, de Micco, Philippe, Mertens, Peter P.C, Attoui, Houssam

“…Abstract An aquareovirus was isolated from several fish species in the USA (including healthy golden shiners) that is not closely related to members of species…”
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Viraemia and clinical disease in Dorset Poll sheep following vaccination with live attenuated bluetongue virus vaccines serotypes 16 and 4 by Veronesi, Eva, Darpel, Karin E, Hamblin, Chris, Carpenter, Simon, Takamatsu, Haru-Hisa, Anthony, Simon J, Elliott, Heather, Mertens, Peter P.C, Mellor, Philip S

“…Abstract The spread of bluetongue virus (BTV) is most successfully controlled by vaccination of susceptible ruminant populations. Currently two different types…”
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Bluetongue virus outer-capsid protein VP2 expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana raises neutralising antibodies and a protective immune response in IFNAR -/- mice by Fay, Petra C, Attoui, Houssam, Batten, Carrie, Mohd Jaafar, Fauziah, Lomonossoff, George P, Daly, Janet M, Mertens, Peter P C

“…Bluetongue is a severe, economically important disease of ruminants that is widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions around the world. It is…”
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Peruvian horse sickness virus and Yunnan orbivirus, isolated from vertebrates and mosquitoes in Peru and Australia by Attoui, Houssam, Mendez-lopez, Maria Rosario, Rao, Shujing, Hurtado-Alendes, Ana, Lizaraso-Caparo, Frank, Jaafar, Fauziah Mohd, Samuel, Alan R, Belhouchet, Mourad, Pritchard, Lindsay I, Melville, Lorna, Weir, Richard P, Hyatt, Alex D, Davis, Steven S, Lunt, Ross, Calisher, Charles H, Tesh, Robert B, Fujita, Ricardo, Mertens, Peter P.C

“…Abstract During 1997, two new viruses were isolated from outbreaks of disease that occurred in horses, donkeys, cattle and sheep in Peru. Genome…”
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Continuous Cell Lines from the European Biting Midge Culicoides nubeculosus (Meigen, 1830) by Bell-Sakyi, Lesley, Mohd Jaafar, Fauziah, Monsion, Baptiste, Luu, Lisa, Denison, Eric, Carpenter, Simon, Attoui, Houssam, Mertens, Peter P C

“…biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) transmit arboviruses of veterinary or medical importance, including bluetongue virus (BTV) and Schmallenberg virus, as…”
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The bluetongue virus core: a nano-scale transcription machine by Mertens, Peter P.C, Diprose, Jonathan

“…The replication phase of the bluetongue virus (BTV) infection cycle is initiated when the virus core is delivered into the cytoplasm of a susceptible host…”
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Evolution and Phylogenetic Analysis of Full-Length VP3 Genes of Eastern Mediterranean Bluetongue Virus Isolates by Nomikou, Kyriaki, Dovas, Chrysostomos Ι, Maan, Sushila, Anthony, Simon J, Samuel, Alan R, Papanastassopoulou, Maria, Maan, Narender S, Mangana, Olga, Mertens, Peter P.C

“…Bluetongue virus (BTV) is the ‘type’ species of the genus Orbivirus within the family Reoviridae. The BTV genome is composed of ten linear segments of…”
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Comparison of cellular and humoral immunoassays for the assessment of summer eczema in horses by Langner, Kathrin F.A., Darpel, Karin E., Drolet, Barbara S., Fischer, Angelika, Hampel, Stefan, Heselhaus, Julia E., Mellor, Philip S., Mertens, Peter P.C., Leibold, Wolfgang

“…The objective of this study was to compare and analyze three common diagnostic methods for summer eczema (SE) in horses, an allergic dermatitis caused by bites…”
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Crystal lattice as biological phenotype for insect viruses by Anduleit, Karin, Sutton, Geoff, Diprose, Jonathan M., Mertens, Peter P.C., Grimes, Jonathan M., Stuart, David I.

“…Many insect viruses survive for long periods by occlusion within robust crystalline polyhedra composed primarily of a single polyhedrin protein. We show that…”
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Sequence Characterization of Ndelle Virus Genome Segments 1, 5, 7, 8, and 10: Evidence for Reassignment to the Genus Orthoreovirus, Family Reoviridae by Attoui, Houssam, Biagini, Philippe, Stirling, Julie, Mertens, Peter P.C., Cantaloube, Jean-Francois, Meyer, Adam, de Micco, Philippe, de Lamballerie, Xavier

“…The full-length nucleotide sequences of genome segments 1, 5, 7, 8 and 10 from Ndelle virus (NDEV) have been characterized. Comparison of the deduced protein…”
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