Inter‐serotype reassortment among epizootic haemorrhagic disease viruses in the United States

• Published in: Transboundary and emerging diseases Vol. 66; no. 5; pp. 1809 - 1820
• Main Authors: Wang, Leyi, Lanka, Saraswathi, Cassout, Debbie, Mateus‐Pinilla, Nohra E., Li, Ganwu, Wilson, William C., Yoo, Dongwan, Shelton, Paul, Fredrickson, Richard L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Hindawi Limited 01.09.2019
• Subjects: Animals; Deer - virology; Disease Outbreaks - veterinary; epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus; Etiology; Fitness; Gene sequencing; Genomes; Hemorrhagic disease; Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic - genetics; Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic - immunology; Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic - isolation & purification; Icosahedral phase; Mutation; Outbreaks; Phylogeny; Reassortant Viruses - genetics; Reassortant Viruses - immunology; Reassortant Viruses - isolation & purification; reassortment; Reoviridae Infections - epidemiology; Reoviridae Infections - veterinary; Reoviridae Infections - virology; Reproductive fitness; RNA viruses; Serogroup; serotype; Serotypes; United States - epidemiology; Viruses; United States; reassortment; epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus; serotype

First described in 1955 in New Jersey, epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) causes a severe clinical disease in wild and domestic ruminants worldwide. Epizootic haemorrhagic disease outbreaks occur in deer populations each year from summer to late autumn. The etiological agent is EHD virus (EHDV) wh...