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SUBMITTER: Russell BL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5802602 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Russell Bonnie L BL Parbhoo Nishal N Gildenhuys Samantha S
Bioinformatics and biology insights 20180131
Orbiviruses are double-stranded RNA viruses that have profound economic and veterinary significance, 3 of the most important being African horse sickness virus (AHSV), bluetongue virus (BTV), and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV). Currently, vaccination and vector control are used as preventative measures; however, there are several problems with the current vaccines. Comparing viral amino acid sequences, we obtained an AHSV-BTV-EHDV consensus sequence for VP5 (viral protein 5) and for ...[more]