Diversity of transmission outcomes following co-infection of sheep with strains of bluetongue virus serotype 1 and 8

Veronesi, Eva; Darpel, Karin; Gubbins, Simon; Batten, Carrie; Nomikou, Kyriaki; Mertens, Peter; Carpenter, Simon

doi:10.3390/microorganisms8060851

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Veronesi, E., Darpel, K., Gubbins, S., Batten, C., Nomikou, K., Mertens, P., & Carpenter, S. (2020). Diversity of transmission outcomes following co-infection of sheep with strains of bluetongue virus serotype 1 and 8. Microorganisms, 8(6), 851. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8060851

Abstract

Bluetongue virus (BTV) causes an economically important disease, bluetongue (BT), in susceptible ruminants and is transmitted primarily by species of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Since 2006, northern Europe has experienced multiple incursions of BTV through a variety of routes of entry, including major outbreaks of strains of BTV serotype 8 (BTV-8) and BTV serotype 1 (BTV-1), which overlapped in distribution within southern Europe. In this paper, we examined the variation in response to coinfection with strains