Premium
Emergence of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 1 in F rench C orsica I sland in S eptember 2013
Author(s) -
Sailleau C.,
Viarouge C.,
Bréard E.,
Perrin J. B.,
Doceul V.,
Vitour D.,
Zientara S.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
transboundary and emerging diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.392
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1865-1682
pISSN - 1865-1674
DOI - 10.1111/tbed.12207
Subject(s) - serotype , virology , outbreak , biology , virus , orbivirus , strain (injury) , phylogenetic tree , reoviridae , rotavirus , gene , genetics , anatomy
Summary Since 2000, F rench C orsica I sland has been exposed to the emergence of three different BT virus ( BTV ) serotypes: serotype 2 in 2000 and 2001, serotype 4 in 2003 and serotype 16 in 2004. Between 2005 and August 2013, no outbreaks have been reported in the F rench Island. At the beginning of S eptember 2013, sheep located in the south of the island showed clinical signs suggestive of BTV infection. Laboratory analyses identified the virus as BTV serotype 1. Phylogenetic studies showed that the sequences of this strain are closely related to the BTV ‐1 strain that was circulating in the M editerranean basin and in S ardinia in 2012.