title: Bluetongue in Belgium, 2006.
abstract: Bluetongue has emerged recently in Belgium. A bluetongue virus strain was isolated and characterized as serotype 8. Two new real-time reverse transcription-quantitative PCRs (RT-qPCRs) that amplified 2 different segments of bluetongue virus detected this exotic strain. These 2 RT-qPCRs detected infection earlier than a competitive ELISA for antibody detection.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Toussaint
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sailleau
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mast
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Houdart
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Czaplicki
authors.forename: Lien
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Demeestere
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: VandenBussche
authors.forename: Wesley
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: van Dessel
authors.forename: Nesya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goris
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bréard
authors.forename: Lotfi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bounaadja
authors.forename: Thiry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Etienne
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zientara
authors.forename: Kris
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: De Clercq
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D001819:Bluetongue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012756:Sheep / Q000821:virology*; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral