Complete Genome Sequence of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 8, Which Reemerged in France in August 2015

Emmanuel Bréard; Corinne Sailleau; Hélène Quenault; Pierrick Lucas; Cyril Viarouge; Fabrice Touzain; Aurore Fablet; Damien Vitour; Houssam Attoui; Stéphan Zientara; Yannick Blanchard

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00163-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 8, Which Reemerged in France in August 2015

Genome Announc. 2016 Apr 14;4(2):e00163-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00163-16.

Affiliations

¹ Université Paris-Est ANSES Alfort, UMR 1161 ANSES/INRA/ENVA, Maisons-Alfort, France emmanuel.breard@anses.fr.
² Université Paris-Est ANSES Alfort, UMR 1161 ANSES/INRA/ENVA, Maisons-Alfort, France.
³ Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan, Unit of Viral Genetics and Biosafety, Ploufragan, France.

Abstract

We announce here the complete genome sequence (coding and noncoding) of the bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 8, isolated from a ram in Allier department, France, 2015. Sequence analysis confirms the reemergence of the BTV-8 strain that previously circulated in France until 2009 and other European countries until 2010.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Labex IBEID Emergency Actions consortium and particularly by the program Investissements d'Avenir (ref. ANR-10-LABX-62-01).