First Detection of Epizootic Haemorrhagic Disease virus in the European Union, Italy-2022

Alessio Lorusso (1) , Stefano Cappai (2) , Federica Loi (2) , Luigia Pinna (2) , Angelo Ruiu (2) , Giantonella Puggioni (2) , Annalisa Guercio (3) , Giuseppa Purpari (3) , Domenico Vicari (3) , Soufien Sghaier (4) , Stephan Zientara (5) , Massimo Spedicato (1) , Salah Hammami (6) , Thameur Ben Hassine (7) , Ottavio Portanti (1) , Emmanuel Breard (5) , Corinne Sailleu (5) , Massimo Ancora (1) , Daria Di Sabatino (1) , Daniela Morelli (1) , Paolo Calistri (1) , Giovanni Savini (1)

1 IZS Teramo - Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "Giuseppe Caporale"
2 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna
3 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia
4 IRVT - Institut de la recherche vétérinaire de Tunisie
5 VIRO - Virologie UMR1161
6 École Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet
7 CRDA NEUBEL - Commissariat Régional au Développement Agricole

We describe the first detection in the European Union of the epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV). EHDV-8 has been detected in cattle farms in Sardinia and Sicily. The virus has a direct Northern African origin as its genome is identical (>99.9% nucleotide sequence identity) to EHDV-8 strains detected in Tunisia in 2021/2022.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]

Alessio Lorusso, Stefano Cappai, Federica Loi, Luigia Pinna, Angelo Ruiu, et al.. First Detection of Epizootic Haemorrhagic Disease virus in the European Union, Italy-2022. 2023. ⟨anses-03923270⟩