Author
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JENSEN, MELODY - USDA-ARS-ABADRL |
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Mecham, James |
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Wilson, William - Bill |
Submitted to: American Society for Virology Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance Date: 7/9/1994 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Bluetongue virus (BTV) is important to US animal industry because of the disease it causes in ruminant animals and because of BTV related trade restrictions. These viruses are transmitted by a biting gnat or midge. An insect cell line was developed to study the replication of these viruses in its insect host cells. This study describes a persistent but non-infectious to mammalian cells bluetongue virus variant. |