Real-time, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) has become one of
the most widely used methods in the field of molecular diagnostics and research. The …

The detection of the bluetongue virus (BTV) by conventional methods is especially difficult
and labour-intensive. Molecular diagnosis is also complex because of the high genetic …

Since 1998, multiple strains of bluetongue virus (BTV), belonging to six different serotypes
(types 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 and 16) have caused outbreaks of disease in Europe, causing one of the …

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 …

Antigenic diversity among ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses occurs as a result of rapid mutation
during replication and recombination/reassortment between genetic material of related …

Bluetongue virus (BTV) is the causative agent of bluetongue, a disease of ruminant livestock
that occurs almost worldwide between latitudes 3° S and 5° N. There are 24 serotypes of …

Bluetongue virus (BTV) is the causative agent of Bluetongue (BT) disease in ruminant
livestock and occurs almost worldwide between latitudes 35° S and 50° N; 24 serotypes of …

A quantitative real-time RT-PCR (Q-RT-PCR) was developed to detect and determine the
amount of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) in organs of experimentally infected …

Plants are infected by a wide range of viruses. Many cause devastation of plants and crops
resulting in significant economic losses and threats to the viability of certain horticultural and …

Corridor disease, caused by the tick-borne protozoan parasite Theileria parva, is a
controlled disease in South Africa. The Cape buffalo is the reservoir host and uninfected …