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. 1990 Sep;28(9):1952–1956. doi: 10.1128/jcm.28.9.1952-1956.1990

Detection of bluetongue virus serotype 17 in Culicoides variipennis by nucleic acid blot and sandwich hybridization techniques.

R J Schoepp 1, J F Bray 1, K E Olson 1, A el-Hussein 1, F R Holbrook 1, C D Blair 1, P Roy 1, B J Beaty 1
PMCID: PMC268085  PMID: 2172294

Abstract

Molecular hybridization techniques were developed for the detection and surveillance of bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 17 in the insect vector Culicoides variipennis, a biting midge. Radiolabeled RNA and cDNA probes were generated from sequences of the L3 segment of BTV serotype 17. These probes were used to detect BTV RNA in pools of infected C. variipennis by hybridizing the probes directly to analyte immobilized on nylon membranes or by using a nucleic acid sandwich hybridization test. Hybridization procedures were able to detect 1 infected C. variipennis in a pool of 50 and as little as 3.55 log10 50% tissue culture infective doses per ml of virus. These hybridization techniques provide an alternative to virus isolation for the surveillance of BTV in vector populations.

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