Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2023)

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype 8, Italy, 2022

  • Alessio Lorusso,
  • Stefano Cappai,
  • Federica Loi,
  • Luigia Pinna,
  • Angelo Ruiu,
  • Giantonella Puggioni,
  • Annalisa Guercio,
  • Giuseppa Purpari,
  • Domenico Vicari,
  • Soufien Sghaier,
  • Stephan Zientara,
  • Massimo Spedicato,
  • Salah Hammami,
  • Thameur Ben Hassine,
  • Ottavio Portanti,
  • Emmanuel Breard,
  • Corinne Sailleu,
  • Massimo Ancora,
  • Daria Di Sabatino,
  • Daniela Morelli,
  • Paolo Calistri,
  • Giovanni Savini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2905.221773
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 5
pp. 1063 – 1065

Abstract

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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.

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