title: Sequence comparison of the L2 and S10 genes of bluetongue viruses from the United States and the People's Republic of China.
abstract: Bluetongue virus (BTV) infection of ruminants is endemic throughout much of the US and China. The S10 and a portion of the L2 gene segments of Chinese prototype strains of BTV serotypes 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 15, and 16 were sequenced and compared to the same genes of prototype and field strains of BTV from the US. Phylogenetic analysis of the S10 gene segregated the Chinese viruses into a monophyletic group distinct from the US viruses, whereas similar analysis of the L2 gene segregated strains of BTV according to serotype, regardless of geographic origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Bonneau
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: MacLachlan
mesh_terms: D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D005814:Genes, Viral; D010802:Phylogeny; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D014481:United States