TY - JOUR AU - Hirashima, Yoshimasa AU - Kitahara, Shoei AU - Kato, Tomoko AU - Shirafuji, Hiroaki AU - Tanaka, Shogo AU - Yanase, Tohru T1 - Congenital Malformations of Calves Infected with Shamonda Virus, Southern Japan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 6 SP - 993 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In 2015 and 2016, we observed 15 malformed calves that were exposed to intrauterine infection with Shamonda virus, a Simbu serogroup orthobunyavirus, in Japan. Characteristic manifestations were arthrogryposis and gross lesions in the central nervous system. Our results indicate that this arbovirus should be considered a teratogenic virus in ruminants. KW - Shamonda viruses KW - viruses KW - arbovirus KW - orthobunyavirus KW - Culicoides KW - infectious diseases KW - congenital malformations KW - central nervous system KW - meningitis/encephalitis KW - teratogenesis KW - arthrogryposis KW - calves KW - ruminants KW - southern Japan KW - Japan DO - 10.3201/eid2306.161946 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/6/16-1946_article ER - End of Reference