Mertens Peter P C, Maan Narender S, Belaganahalli Manjunatha N, Singh Karam Pal, Nomikou Kyriaki, Maan Sushila
Vector-borne Diseases Programme, the Pirbright Institute, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom.
Genome Announc. 2013 Sep 19;1(5):e00684-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00684-13.
The genome of NIG1982/10, a Nigerian bluetongue virus serotype 16 (BTV-16) strain, was sequenced (19,193 bp). Comparisons to BTV strains from other areas of the world show that all 10 genome segments of NIG1982/10 are derived from a western lineage (w), indicating that it represents a suitable reference strain of BTV-16w.