Isolation of Batai virus from sentinel domestic pig from Kolar district in Karnataka State, India.
Batai virus was isolated from the blood sample of one sentinel piglet out of 34 used to monitor the activity of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus at Madikere village in Kolar district, Karnataka State, India. This is the first report of the isolation of Batai virus from a mammal.
Geevarghese
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National Institute of Virology, Pune, India.
Prasanna
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Jacob
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PG
Hanumaiah
Bhat
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D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002043:Bunyaviridae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D018349:Encephalitis Viruses, Japanese / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D013552:Swine / Q000821:virology*; D014774:Virulence
D000914:Antibodies, Viral