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. 2000 Apr;41(4):312–314.

Incursion of bluetongue virus into the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia.

A Clavijo 1, F Munroe 1, E M Zhou 1, T F Booth 1, K Roblesky 1
PMCID: PMC1476162  PMID: 10769769

Abstract

Bluetongue virus was isolated from a sentinel herd in British Columbia. Virus isolation was by intravenous inoculation of embryonated chicken eggs and subculture in BHK-21 cells. The cytopathic agent was identified as bluetongue virus by electron microscopy and the immunoperoxidase test. The serotype was identified as serotype 11 by virus neutralization.

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