2020

Stokes, S., Almire, F., Tatham, M. H., McFarlane, S., Mertens, P., Pondeville, E. and Boutell, C. (2020) The SUMOylation pathway suppresses arbovirus replication in Aedes aegypti cells. PLoS Pathogens, 16(12), e1009134. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009134) (PMID:33351855) (PMCID:PMC7802965)

Pascall, D. J. et al. (2020) "Frozen evolution" of an RNA virus suggests accidental release as a potential cause of arbovirus re-emergence. PLoS Biology, 18(4), e3000673. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000673) (PMID:32343693) (PMCID:PMC7188197)

2019

Jacquot, M. et al. (2019) Contrasting selective patterns across the segmented genome of bluetongue virus in a global reassortment hotspot. Virus Evolution, 5(2), vez027. (doi: 10.1093/ve/vez027) (PMID:31392031) (PMCID:PMC6680063)

2017

Jacquot, M. , Nomikou, K. , Palmarini, M. , Mertens, P. and Biek, R. (2017) Bluetongue virus spread in Europe is a consequence of climatic, landscape and vertebrate host factors as revealed by phylogeographic inference. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 284(1864), 20170919. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0919) (PMID:29021180) (PMCID:PMC5647287)

2015

Nomikou, K., Hughes, J. , Wash, R., Kellam, P., Breard, E., Zientara, S., Palmarini, M. , Biek, R. and Mertens, P. (2015) Widespread reassortment shapes the evolution and epidemiology of bluetongue virus following European invasion. PLoS Pathogens, 11(8), e1005056. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005056) (PMID:26252219) (PMCID:PMC4529188)

Maan, S. et al. (2015) Genome sequence of bluetongue virus type 2 from India: evidence for reassortment between outer capsid protein genes. Genome Announcements, 3(2), e00045-15. (doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00045-15) (PMID:25858823) (PMCID:PMC4392135)

Maan, N. S., Maan, S., Belaganahalli, M., Pullinger, G., Montes, A. J. A., Gasparini, M. R., Guimera, M., Nomikou, K. and Mertens, P. P.C. (2015) A quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) assay to detect genome segment 9 of all 26 bluetongue virus serotypes. Journal of Virological Methods, 213, pp. 118-126. (doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2014.11.012) (PMID:25486080)

Breard, E. et al. (2015) Evaluation of adaptive immune responses and heterologous protection induced by inactivated bluetongue virus vaccines. Vaccine, 33(4), pp. 512-518. (doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.11.053) (PMID:25500308)

2014

Caporale, M., Di Gialleonorado, L., Janowicz, A., Wilkie, G., Shaw, A., Savini, G., Van Rijn, P. A., Mertens, P., Di Ventura, M. and Palmarini, M. (2014) Virus and host factors affecting the clinical outcome of bluetongue virus infection. Journal of Virology, 88(18), pp. 10399-10411. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.01641-14) (PMID:24991012) (PMCID:PMC4178883)

2013

Mertens, P. P.C., Maan, N. S., Belaganahalli, M. N., Singh, K. P., Nomikou, K. and Maan, S. (2013) Full genome sequence of a Western reference strain of bluetongue virus serotype 16 from Nigeria. Genome Announcements, 1(5), e00684-13. (doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00684-13) (PMID:24051311) (PMCID:PMC3778194)

Arenas-Montes, A. J., Arenas, A., García-Bocanegra, I., Mertens, P., Batten, C. and Nomikou, K. (2013) Serosurveillance of orbiviruses in wild cervids from Spain. Veterinary Record, 172(19), pp. 508-509. (doi: 10.1136/vr.f2932) (PMID:23667090)

2012

Mann, S., Maan, N. S., Singh, K. P., Belaganahalli, M. N., Guimera, M., Pullinger, G., Nomikou, K. and Mertens, P. P.C. (2012) Complete genome sequence analysis of a reference strain of bluetongue virus serotype 16. Journal of Virology, 86(18), pp. 10255-10256. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.01672-12) (PMID:22923810) (PMCID:PMC3446625)

Maan, S., Maan, N. S., Mertens, P. P.C., Nomikou, K. and Belaganahalli, M. N. (2012) Reply to “Intercontinental movement of bluetongue virus and potential consequences to trade”. Journal of Virology, 86(15), pp. 8342-8343. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.01024-12) (PMCID:PMC3421692)

Maan, S., Maan, N. S., Guimera, M., Nomikou, K. , Singh, K. P., Pullinger, G., Belaganahalli, M. N. and Mertens, P. P.C. (2012) Genome sequence of a reassortant strain of bluetongue virus serotype 23 from western India. Journal of Virology, 86(12), pp. 7011-7012. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.00731-12) (PMID:22628397) (PMCID:PMC3393570)

Ruscanu, S. et al. (2012) The double-stranded RNA Bluetongue virus induces Type I interferon in plasmacytoid dendritic cells via a MYD88-dependent TLR7/8-independent signaling pathway. Journal of Virology, 86(10), pp. 5817-5828. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.06716-11) (PMID:22438548) (PMCID:PMC3347300)