Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus is a double-stranded RNA virus that belongs to the family " Reoviridae " and the genus " Orbivirus ", and is also closely related to Bluetongue Virus ( BTV ).
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Dr . "'Simon Carpenter "', Head of the Entomology and Modelling Group in the Vector-borne Diseases Programme at the BTV ), the causative agent of bluetongue disease, an important orbivirus disease of ruminants.
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It is often mistakenly referred to as " Bluetongue Virus " ( BTV ), another " Orbivirus " that, like EHDV, causes the host to develop a characteristic blue tongue due to systemic hemorrhaging and lack of oxygen in the blood.
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In association with Macquarie Island penguins the tick was shown in 2009 to harbor five arboviruses : Gadgets Gully virus and Precarious Point virus, both previously described, and the previously unknown Sandy Bay virus ( an orbivirus ), Catch-me-cave virus ( a phlebovirus ), and Finch Creek virus ( a nairovirus ).
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Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus belongs to the family " Reoviridae ", a family of double-stranded RNA viruses that includes familiar genera like " Rotavirus " ( the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis in children ), " Coltivirus " ( causative agent of Colorado tick fever ), and " Orbivirus ".
