Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2011)

Novel Bluetongue Virus Serotype from Kuwait

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.101742
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 5
pp. 886 – 889

Abstract

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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 tested positive for BTV by real-time reverse transcription–PCR, caused mild clinical signs in sheep. Nucleotide sequencing identified KUW2010/02 as a novel BTV serotype.

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