Bluetongue virus serotypes 1 and 4 in red deer, Spain.
We studied the potential of red deer as bluetongue maintenance hosts and sentinels. Deer maintained detectable bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 4 RNA for 1 year after the virus was cleared from livestock. However, the virus was not transmitted to yearlings. BTV serotype 1 RNA was detected in red deer immediately after its first detection in cattle.
Rodriguez-Sanchez
Belen
B
Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. mbrodrig@vet.ucm.es
Gortazar
Christian
C
Ruiz-Fons
Francisco
F
Sanchez-Vizcaino
Jose M
JM
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001819:Bluetongue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases; D003670:Deer / Q000821:virology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D015995:Prevalence; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance / Q000662:veterinary*; D012703:Serotyping; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral