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One after the other: A novel Bluetongue virus strain related to Toggenburg virus detected in the Piedmont region (North‐western Italy), extends the panel of novel atypical BTV strains
Author(s) -
Marcacci Maurilia,
Sant Serena,
Mangone Iolanda,
Goria Maria,
Dondo Alessandro,
Zoppi Simona,
van Gennip René G. P.,
Radaelli Maria Cristina,
Cammà Cesare,
van Rijn Piet A.,
Savini Giovanni,
Lorusso Alessio
Publication year - 2018
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.12822
Subject(s) - virology , strain (injury) , virus , biology , antiserum , orbivirus , antibody , reoviridae , immunology , anatomy , rotavirus
In this rapid communication, a novel atypical bluetongue virus (BTV) strain detected in goats in the Piedmont region (north‐western Italy) is described. This strain, BTV ‐Z ITA 2017, is most related in Seg‐2/ VP ‐2 (83.8% nt/82.7% aa) to strain TOV of BTV ‐25. Reactive antisera of goats positive by cELISA for BTV antibodies failed to neutralize a chimeric virus expressing the outermost protein of TOV. Infected animals displayed low levels of RNA emia and absence of clinical signs consistent with bluetongue infection, a scenario described in animals infected with atypical BTV strains.