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VIRUS RESEARCH
Volume 182, Issue -, Pages 35-42Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.09.038
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IFNAR(-/-) mice; Orbiviruses; Bluetongue virus
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- Comision Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CICYT) [AGL2011-23506]
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Bluetongue is an arthropod-borne disease caused by a virus of the genus Orbivirus, the bluetongue virus (BTV), which affects ruminant livestock such as cattle, sheep, and goats and wild ruminants such as deer, and camelids. Recently, adult mice with gene knockouts of the interferon alpha/beta receptor (IFNAR-/-) have been described as a model of lethal BTV infection. IFNAR(-/-) mice are highly susceptible to BTV-1, BTV-4 and BTV-8 infection when the virus is administered intravenously or subcutaneosuly. Disease progression and pathogenesis closely mimics signs of bluetongue disease in ruminants. In the present paper we review the studies where IFNAR(-/-) mice have been used as an animal model to study BTV transmission, pathogenesis, virulence, and protective efficacy of inactivated and new recombinant marker BTV vaccines. Furthermore, we report new data on protective efficacy of different strategies of BTV vaccination and also on induction of interferon alpha/beta and proinflammatory immune responses in IFNAR(-/-) mice infected with BTV. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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