First Detection of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 14 in Poland

Overview

Journal Arch Virol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2016 Apr 13

PMID 27068167

Citations 9

Authors

Anna Orlowska

Pawel Trebas

Marcin Smreczak

Anna Marzec

Jan F Zmudzinski

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Abstract

Here, we present the first detected cases of bluetongue virus (BTV) in native cattle from Poland. The virus was found in animals located near the Polish-Belarusian and Polish-Lithuanian borders. The positive animals were detected through an official epidemiological surveillance program. A combination of type-specific real-time RT-PCR and phylogenetic tests revealed the presence of BTV serotype 14 (BTV-14). This serotype is highly homologous to the vaccine strain and BTV-14 present in Russia, Lithuania, and Spain (from an animal imported from Lithuania). The most probable route of virus introduction to Poland was transmission through midges. All of the cases were subclinical.

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