Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2024)

Bluetongue Virus in the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), 2010–2022

  • Javier Caballero-Gómez,
  • Marta Sánchez-Sánchez,
  • Cristina Lorca-Oró,
  • Isabel G. Fernández de Mera,
  • Irene Zorrilla,
  • Guillermo López,
  • Rosa Rosell,
  • Rebeca Grande-Gómez,
  • Juan I. Montoya-Oliver,
  • Javier Salcedo,
  • Jorge Paniagua,
  • Cristina Cano-Gómez,
  • Moisés Gonzálvez,
  • Ignacio García-Bocanegra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3010.240235
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 10
pp. 2169 – 2173

Abstract

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Clinical infection and death caused by bluetongue virus infection has been reported in the Eurasian lynx. Bluetongue virus surveillance in the Iberian lynx revealed widespread and repeated exposure to serotypes 1 and 4 in wild and captive populations of this species. This exposure is possibly from a spillover event from sympatric ruminants.

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