Bluetongue virus type 17 can exist in a latent state in MDBK cells.
An infection with bluetongue virus type 17 can be regulated by the temperature of incubation to be either persistent, producing low levels of virus; lytic, producing a high titer of released virus; or latent, producing no detectable virus. The persistent and latent states are reversible.
D000818:Animals; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D007668:Kidney; D007700:Kinetics; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000254:growth & development*; D013696:Temperature