Volume 12, number 1

Advances in Schmallenberg Virus Research: A Review

Shahin Nekoei1, Arezoo Fattahian2*, Hossein Momeni3 and Abed Raki3

 

1Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran. 2MSc of Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran. 3Young Researchers and Elite Club, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran

 

ABSTRACT:

After the emergence of the Bluetongue virus serotype eight (BTV-8), which was unexpected, in 2006 in northern Europe, another Bunyaviridae family, referred to as the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) also emerged in 2011 in Europe resulting to a new disease in ruminants which proved to be economically significant. This SBV virus, grouped in the genus Ortobunyavirus and the family of Bunyaviridae, initially detected in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands in the year 2011. It later spread to France, Great Britain, Spain, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Irleand, Austria, Poland, Estonia

 

KEYWORDS:

Schemallenberg virus; Pathogenesis; Epidemiology; fetal malformations; Ortobunyavirus genus; Bunyaviridae

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