African horse sickness virus (AHSV) is an orbivirus that is usually transmitted between its
equid hosts by adult Culicoides midges. In this article, we review the ways in which AHSV …

During the compulsory vaccination programme against bluetongue virus serotype 1 (BTV-1)
in Corsica (France) in 2014, a BTV strain belonging to a previously uncharacterized …

During 2006 the first outbreak of bluetongue ever recorded in northern Europe started in
Belgium and the Netherlands, spreading to Luxemburg, Germany and north-east France …

Since 1998, nine bluetongue virus (BTV) strains from serotypes 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 and 16 have
invaded Europe, killing> 2 million animals (mainly sheep). Live vaccine strains of BTV-2, 4, 9 …

The icosahedral bluetongue virus (BTV) particle (~ 80 nm diameter) is composed of three
distinct protein layers. These include the subcore shell (VP3), core-surface layer (VP7) and …

The outer-coat proteins, VP2 and VP5, of epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) are
important for host cell binding during the initiation of infection. They are also known to …

Since 1998, six distinct serotypes of Bluetongue virus (BTV) have invaded Southern and
Central Europe, persisting in some regions for up to 6 years and resulting in the deaths of> …

The complete nucleotide sequence of Great Island virus (GIV) genome was determined,
along with genome segments (Seg) 1, 2 and 6 of Kemerovo (KEMV), Lipovnik (LIPV) and …

Bluetongue virus (BTV) is transmitted by biting midges (Culicoides spp.). It causes disease
mainly in sheep and occasionally in cattle and other species. BTV has spread into northern …

During 1997, two new viruses were isolated from outbreaks of disease that occurred in
horses, donkeys, cattle and sheep in Peru. Genome characterization showed that the virus …