Re-emergence of BTV serotype 4 in North Macedonia, July 2020

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Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
Date Issued
2021-03
Author(s)
Flannery, John
King, Simon
Rajko-Nenow, Paulina
Popova, Zagorka
Djadjovski, Igor
Batten, Carrie
DOI
10.1111/tbed.13900
Abstract
Bluetongue virus serotype 4 (BTV-4) was confirmed in sheep in North Macedonia in July 2020. The full genome of this BTV-4 strain (MKD2020/06) was shown to be most closely related (99.74% nt identity) to the Greek GRE2014/08 and the Hungarian HUN1014 strains, indicating the re-emergence of this BTV serotype in the Balkan region since it was last reported in 2017.
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