title: The genome sequence of a reassortant bluetongue virus serotype 3 from India.
abstract: All 10 genome segments (Seg-1 to 10-a total of 19,188 bp) were sequenced from a strain of bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) from India (strain IND2003/08). Sequence comparisons showed that nine of the genome segments from this virus group with other eastern topotype strains. Genome Seg-2 and Seg-6 group with eastern BTV-3 strains from Japan. However, Seg-5 (the NS1 gene) from IND2003/08 belongs to a western lineage, demonstrating that IND2003/08 is a reassortant between eastern and western topotype bluetongue viruses. This confirms that western BTV strains have been imported and are circulating within the subcontinent.
authors.affiliation: Vector-borne Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Woking Surrey, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Narender S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Maan
authors.forename: Sushila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maan
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guimera
authors.forename: Kyriaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nomikou
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morecroft
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pullinger
authors.forename: Manjunatha N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Belaganahalli
authors.forename: Peter P C
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Mertens
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016679:Genome, Viral; D007194:India; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D016865:Reassortant Viruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral