Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2014)

Novel Bluetongue Virus in Goats, Corsica, France, 2014

  • Stéphan Zientara,
  • Corinne Sailleau,
  • Cyril Viarouge,
  • Dirck Höper,
  • Martin Beer,
  • Maria Jenckel,
  • Bernd Hoffmann,
  • Aurore Romey,
  • Labib Bakkali-Kassimi,
  • Aurore Fablet,
  • Damien Vitour,
  • Emmanuel Bréard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2012.140924
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 12
pp. 2123 – 2125

Abstract

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During 2000–2013, 4 genotypes of bluetongue virus (BTV) were detected in Corsica, France. At the end of 2013, a compulsory BTV-1 vaccination campaign was initiated among domestic ruminants; biological samples from goats were tested as part of a corresponding monitoring program. A BTV strain with nucleotide sequences suggestive of a novel serotype was detected.

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