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Volume 30, Number 8—August 2024
Research

Emergence of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 3, the Netherlands, September 2023

Melle Holwerda1Comments to Author , Inge M.G.A. Santman-Berends1, Frank Harders, Marc Engelsma, Rianka P.M. Vloet, Eveline Dijkstra, Rene G.P. van Gennip, Maria H. Mars, Marcel Spierenburg, Lotte Roos, René van den Brom1, and Piet A. van Rijn1
Author affiliations: Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, the Netherlands (M. Holwerda, F. Harders, M. Engelsma, R.P.M. Vloet, R.G.P. van Gennip, P.A. van Rijn); Royal GD, Deventer, the Netherlands (I.M.G.A. Santman-Berends, E. Dijkstra, M.H. Mars, L. Roos, R. van den Brom); Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, Utrecht, the Netherlands (M. Spierenburg); North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa (P.A. van Rijn)

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Table 2

Percentage homology between BTV-3/NET2023 variant and closest isolates deposited in GenBank in study of emergence of BTV-3 in the Netherlands, September 2023*

Segment Virus protein Highest % identity† Isolate name GenBank accession no.
Seg-1 VP1 97.69 BTV-8/2020_13 OQ860824.1
Seg-2 VP2 98.09 BTV-3/ZIM2002/01 AJ585179.1
Seg-3 VP3 98.30 BTV-5/O.aries-tc/ZAF/2011/Benoni_01012015 MG255451.1
Seg-4 VP4 98.37 BTV-3/TUN2016/Zarzis MF124295.1
Seg-5 NS1 98.42 BTV-1/ISR-2050/19 OM502356.1
Seg-6 VP5 97.50 BTV-3/O.aries-tc/ZAF/2017/Smithfield_VR33 MG255623.1
Seg-7 VP7 98.27 BTV-3/O.aries-tc/ZAF/2016/Waterval_Boven_VR22 MT028405.1
Seg-8 NS2 97.69 BTV-2/O.aries-tc/ZAF/2017/Queenstown_VR18 MG255577.1
Seg-9 VP6/NS4 97.43 BTV-4/SPA2003/03 KP821911.1
Seg-10 NS3/NS3a 98.42 BTV-18/BT32/76 JX272448.1

*BTV-3/NET2023 variant was isolated from sheep in the Netherlands in September 2023 and genome segments were compared with those of BTV isolates deposited in GenBank. BTV-3, bluetongue virus serotype 3; NS, nonstructural protein; Seg, genome segment; VP, virus protein. †Highest % identity (>97%) compared with BTV-3/NET2023.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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