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ArticleTicks and tick-borne diseases2020

Identification and validation of internal reference genes for real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based studies in Hyalomma anatolicum ticks.

Cristiano Salata, Vanessa Monteil, Mikael Leijon, Lesley Bell-Sakyi, Ali Mirazimi

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Article in Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Cristiano SalataDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Via Gabelli, 63, IT-35121 Padova, Italy; Department of Microbiology, The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Nobels Väg 18, SE-171 82 Solna, Sweden. Electronic address: cristiano.salata@unipd.it.
Vanessa MonteilDepartment of Microbiology, The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Nobels Väg 18, SE-171 82 Solna, Sweden; Department for Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital and KI, SE-14186 Huddinge, Sweden. Electronic address: vanessa.monteil@ki.se.
Mikael LeijonNational Veterinary Institute, SE-756 51 Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: mikael.leijon@sva.se.
Lesley Bell-SakyiDepartment of Infection Biology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Science Park IC2, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, United Kingdom. Electronic address: L.Bell-Sakyi@liverpool.ac.uk.
Ali MirazimiDepartment of Microbiology, The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Nobels Väg 18, SE-171 82 Solna, Sweden; Department for Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital and KI, SE-14186 Huddinge, Sweden; National Veterinary Institute, SE-756 51 Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: Ali.Mirazimi@ki.se.
Karolinska University Hospital · SEPublic Health Agency of Sweden · SESwedish Veterinary Agency · SEUniversity of Liverpool · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an emerging tick-borne viral disease caused by the orthonairovirus CCHF virus (CCHFV). Ticks of the genus Hyalomma are the viral reservoir and they represent the main vector transmitting the virus to their hosts during blood feeding. However, how CCHFV replicates in its natural arthropod host cells and the nature of virus/host interactions are still largely unknown. With the aim of developing tools for use in this field, we identified and validated expression of four candidate endogenous control tick genes in a Hyalomma anatolicum-derived cell line. These genes will be useful for normalization of viral/cellular transcripts in infection/expression studies or as internal controls in molecular epidemiology surveys of pathogens transmitted by Hyalomma ticks.

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AnimalsCell LineHemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-CongoHost Microbial InteractionsIxodidaeReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionCCHFVEndogenous genesHyalommaNairovirusReal-Time RT-PCRReference genesTick cell lineTicks

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PMID32222359
PMCPMC7284302
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