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Re‐emergence of the Schmallenberg virus associated triad hydranencephaly‐micromyelia‐arthrogryposis in a newborn calf in Belgium, 2016
Author(s) -
Bayrou Calixte,
Garigliany Mutien,
Cassart Dominique,
Sartelet Arnaud,
Desmecht Daniel JM
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
veterinary record case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2052-6121
DOI - 10.1136/vetreccr-2016-000342
Subject(s) - hydranencephaly , medicine , arthrogryposis , epizootic , outbreak , abortion , orthobunyavirus , veterinary medicine , virology , polyhydramnios , virus , pediatrics , pregnancy , fetus , anatomy , biology , genetics
Schmallenberg virus (SBV) emerged in Germany in 2011, then spread rapidly across Europe, causing an epizootic outbreak of abortion, stillbirth and birth at term of lambs, kids and calves with neurological signs and/or musculoskeletal malformations. SBV‐associated disease in newborns disappeared in Belgium in 2013. Here, the authors describe a SBV genomic RNA‐positive malformed calf born in May 2016. It reveals the return of SBV circulation during the fall of 2015 in the said area.