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Volume 30, Number 4—April 2024
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Isolation of Batborne Neglected Zoonotic Agent Issyk-Kul Virus, Italy

Davide LelliComments to Author , Ana Moreno, Sabrina Canziani, Laura Soliani, Maya Carrera, Anna Castelli, Francesca Faccin, Tiziana Trogu, Enrica Sozzi, Gian Luca Cavallari, Matteo Mauri, Fabiana Ferrari, Cristian Salogni, Chiara Garbarino, Chiara Chiapponi, Marco Farioli, and Antonio Lavazza
Author affiliations: University of Parma via Gramsci, Parma, Italy (D. Lelli); Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy (D. Lelli, A. Moreno, S. Canziani, L. Soliani, M. Carrera, A. Castelli, F. Faccin, T. Trogu, E. Sozzi, C. Salogni, C. Garbarino, C. Chiapponi, A. Lavazza); Wildlife Rehabilitation Center WWF of Valpredina, Cenate Sopra, Italy (G.L. Cavallari, M. Mauri); Piacenza Wildlife Rescue Centre, Piacenza, italy (F. Ferrari); DG Welfare Regione Lombardia, Milano, Italy (M. Farioli)

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Table 1

Highest nucleotide sequence identities for each protein of IT-ISKV isolated in study of batborne neglected zoonotic agent Issyk-Kul virus, Italy*

Gene % Similarity (query cover, %) ISKV strain Host Country
(year)		 GenBank accession no. Reference
Large
 95.44 (99) K_k99_1658_len_12288 Bat-associated tick Sweden (2020) OP514654 Unpub. data
95.34 (99) LEZ 86–787 Carios
vespertilionis tick		 Germany (1986) KR537441 (11)
95.31 (99)
 Sun-2020
 Myotis brandtii bat
 Sweden (2020)
 OP380632
 (8)
Medium
81.55 (72) Sun-2020 M. brandtii bat Sweden (2020) OP380631 (8)
81.11 (78) k99_589 Bat-associated tick Sweden (2020) OP804626 Unpub. data
81.34 (71)
 LEIV-315K
 Nyctalus noctula bat
 Kyrgyzstan (1973)
 KR709220
 (3)
Small 97.51 (90) PbGER Eptesicus nilssonii bat Germany (2008–2011) MW275296 (4)
89.11 (100) Sun-2020 M. brandtii bat Sweden (2020) OP380630 (8)
89.04 (100) LEZ 86–787 C. vespertilionis tick Germany (1986) KR537443 (11)

*IT-ISKV, Issyk-Kul virus IT-297348-34/2022.

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