Widespread Reassortment Shapes the Evolution and Epidemiology of Bluetongue Virus following European Invasion

Kyriaki Nomikou; Joseph Hughes; Rachael Wash; Paul Kellam; Emmanuel Breard; Stéphan Zientara; Massimo Palmarini; Roman Biek; Peter Mertens

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005056

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Widespread Reassortment Shapes the Evolution and Epidemiology of Bluetongue Virus following European Invasion

Kyriaki Nomikou,

Affiliation Vector-Borne Viral Diseases Programme, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, United Kingdom
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Joseph Hughes,

Affiliation MRC–University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Rachael Wash,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Paul Kellam,

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Division of Infection and Immunity, Research Department of Infection, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Emmanuel Breard,

Affiliation French Agency for Food, Environment and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France
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Stéphan Zientara,

Affiliation French Agency for Food, Environment and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France
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Massimo Palmarini,

Affiliation MRC–University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Roman Biek ,

* E-mail: roman.biek@glasgow.ac.uk (RB); peter.mertens@pirbright.ac.uk (PM)

¶‡ RB and PM are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations MRC–University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Peter Mertens

* E-mail: roman.biek@glasgow.ac.uk (RB); peter.mertens@pirbright.ac.uk (PM)

¶‡ RB and PM are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Vector-Borne Viral Diseases Programme, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, United Kingdom
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Widespread Reassortment Shapes the Evolution and Epidemiology of Bluetongue Virus following European Invasion

Kyriaki Nomikou,
Joseph Hughes,
Rachael Wash,
Paul Kellam,
Emmanuel Breard,
Stéphan Zientara,
Massimo Palmarini,
Roman Biek,
Peter Mertens

Published: August 7, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005056

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