Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype 8, Italy, 2022

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 May;29(5):1063-1065. doi: 10.3201/eid2905.221773.

Abstract

We describe the detection of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) serotype 8 in cattle farms in Sardinia and Sicily in October-November 2022. The virus has a direct origin in North Africa; its genome is identical (>99.9% nucleotide sequence identity) to EHDV serotype 8 strains detected in Tunisia in 2021.

Keywords: EHDV; Italy; Southern Europe; Tunisia; bluetongue; epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus; serotype 8; vector-borne infections; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic* / genetics
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Reoviridae Infections* / epidemiology
  • Reoviridae Infections* / veterinary
  • Serogroup