Bluetongue virus (BTV) is the causative agent of a major disease of livestock (bluetongue).
For over two decades, it has been widely accepted that the 10 segments of the dsRNA …

Since 1999, 11 serotypes of bluetongue virus (BTV) similar to Central American or
Caribbean strains have been isolated in the southeastern United States, predominantly in …

Orbiviruses form the largest genus of the family Reoviridae consisting of at least 23 different
virus species. One of these is the bluetongue virus (BTV) and causes severe hemorrhagic …

Bluetongue is a disease in ruminants caused by the bluetongue virus (BTV), and is spread
by Culicoides biting midges. Bluetongue outbreaks cause huge economic losses and death …

Bluetongue (BT) is an emerging and re-emerging vector-borne viral disease of domestic and
wild ruminants, caused by viruses classified within the species bluetongue virus (BTV) …

Background Bluetongue virus (BTV) causes non-contagious haemorrhagic disease in
ruminants and is transmitted by Culicoides spp. biting midges. BTV encodes four non …

Members of the Reoviridae family are non-enveloped multi-layered viruses with a double
stranded RNA genome consisting of 9 to 12 genome segments. Bluetongue virus is the …

The Reoviridae family consists of nonenveloped multilayered viruses with a double-
stranded RNA genome consisting of 9 to 12 genome segments. The Orbivirus genus of the …

Culicoides biting midges are the biological vector for Bluetongue virus (BTV), the
aetiological agent of bluetongue disease (BT) in ruminants. Like all other hematophagous …

Orbiviruses are insect-transmitted, non-enveloped viruses with a ten-segmented dsRNA
genome of which the bluetongue virus (BTV) is the prototype. Viral non-structural protein …