Nearly Complete Genome Sequences of Two Bluetongue Viruses Isolated during the 2020 Outbreak in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Frank Vandenbussche; Manon Bourg; Elisabeth Mathijs; David J Lefebvre; Ilse De Leeuw; Andy Haegeman; Laetitia Aerts; Steven Van Borm; Kris De Clercq

doi:10.1128/MRA.00210-21

Nearly Complete Genome Sequences of Two Bluetongue Viruses Isolated during the 2020 Outbreak in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Apr 8;10(14):e00210-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00210-21.

Authors

Frank Vandenbussche¹, Manon Bourg², Elisabeth Mathijs³, David J Lefebvre⁴, Ilse De Leeuw⁴, Andy Haegeman⁴, Laetitia Aerts⁴, Steven Van Borm³, Kris De Clercq⁴

Affiliations

¹ Sciensano, Scientific Directorate Animal Infectious Diseases, Ukkel, Belgium frank.vandenbussche@sciensano.be.
² Laboratoire de Médecine Vétérinaire de l'État, Veterinary Services Administration, Dudelange, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
³ Sciensano, Scientific Directorate Animal Infectious Diseases, Ukkel, Belgium.
⁴ Sciensano, Exotic Viruses and Particular Diseases Unit, Ukkel, Belgium.

Abstract

Bluetongue is one of the major diseases of ruminants listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health. Bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) has been considered enzootic in France since 2018. Here, we report the nearly complete genome sequences of two BTV-8 isolates from the 2020 outbreak in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.