Isolation and genetic characterization of bovine ephemeral fever virus from epidemic-2020 in Turkey.
Bovine ephemeral fever virus (BEFV) infection occurs seasonally in many tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia (including the Middle East), and Australia while it is exotic in Europe. In this study, the epidemiology of BEFV infection in Turkey that bridges southeastern Europe and Asia, geographically, was investigated according to the comparison of the nucleotide sequences of the virus caused the last epidemic in 2020 with those of the strains previously detected in Turkey as well as BEFV strains from other countries. In the phylogenetic analysis, based on an alignment of full-length G gene sequences, BEFVs from epidemic-2020 were located in Middle Eastern lineage and appear to represent most closely related BEFVs from India-2018 and 2019. The findings will contribute to a better understanding of BEFV epidemiology in Turkey.
['Karayel-Hacioglu|Ilke|I|https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1566-630X', 'Duran Yelken|Selda|S|', 'Vezir|Yaser|Y|', 'Unal|Nilay|N|', 'Alkan|Feray|F|http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3854-6503']
D000349:Africa D000818:Animals D001315:Australia D002417:Cattle D002418:Cattle Diseases D004810:Ephemeral Fever D018115:Ephemeral Fever Virus, Bovine D058872:Epidemics D005060:Europe D007194:India D010802:Phylogeny D014421:Turkey
Isolation Bovine ephemeral fever Turkey G gene Middle Eastern lineage Molecular characterization