Sara Thabet , Soufien Sghaier , Valentina Curini , Luana Fiorella Mincarelli , Dorsaf El Mansouri , Raja Ben Osmane , Sonia Ben Hassan , Ahmed Amara , Thameur Ben Hassine , Giovanni Savini , Simone Pulsoni , Ayda Sayadi , Ayda Krichene , Cesare Cammà , Massimo Spedicato , Alessio Lorusso , Maurilia Marcacci , Salah Hammami
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Abstract
Bluetongue virus (BTV) is the causative agent of the bluetongue disease (BT), an infectious disease of domestic and wild ruminants that is primarily transmitted by Culicoides biting midges. In recent years, several novel BTV serotypes (often referred to as “atypical” BTVs) have been documented. These strains are usually asymptomatic in animals and seem to be unable to replicate efficiently in the arthropod vector.
Here we report the detection of two putative atypical BTV strains in the Governorate of Gafsa, in the southwest region of Tunisia. Specifically, we recognised the recurrence of an atypical BTV strain (BTV-Y TUN2022) and a novel BTV-W TUN2022.
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Acta Tropica, is an international journal on infectious diseases that covers public health sciences and biomedical research with particular emphasis on topics relevant to human and animal health in the tropics and the subtropics.
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