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Background <p>Bluetongue virus (BTV) is the etiologic agent of a major infectious disease of livestock and is transmitted between its ruminant hosts by <i>Culicoides</i> biting midges. The first outbreak ever recorded in central Europe was caused by serotype BTV-8 and led to a major epidemic. In 2023, serotype BTV-3 emerged in the Netherlands and spread rapidly to neighbouring countries. Compared with the BTV-8 outbreak in 2006, the course of the BTV-3 epizootic is more severe, in regards to clinical signs and faster spread of the virus.</p> Methods <p>To explore possible causes of the different epidemiologies, we performed laboratory infection experiments and compared the replication properties of BTV-8 and BTV-3 in <i>Culicoides sonorensis</i> biting midges.</p> Results <p>Oral infection with BTV-3 resulted in a significantly higher viral load in the infected midges with demonstrated replication than BTV-8 infection.</p> Conclusions <p>The higher viral load observed in midges with BTV-3 replication than in midges with BTV-8 replication may be a factor contributing to the observed faster outbreak progression of the current BTV-3 outbreak in comparison to the BTV-8 outbreak in 2006/2007.</p> Graphical Abstract <p></p>

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Experimental BTV-3 and BTV-8 infection of Culicoides sonorensis biting midges

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    2025年6月20日

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  • Sophie Zeiske,
  • Franziska Sick,
  • Helge Kampen,
  • Bernd Hoffmann,
  • Martin Beer,
  • Kerstin Wernike

摘要

Background

Bluetongue virus (BTV) is the etiologic agent of a major infectious disease of livestock and is transmitted between its ruminant hosts by Culicoides biting midges. The first outbreak ever recorded in central Europe was caused by serotype BTV-8 and led to a major epidemic. In 2023, serotype BTV-3 emerged in the Netherlands and spread rapidly to neighbouring countries. Compared with the BTV-8 outbreak in 2006, the course of the BTV-3 epizootic is more severe, in regards to clinical signs and faster spread of the virus.

Methods

To explore possible causes of the different epidemiologies, we performed laboratory infection experiments and compared the replication properties of BTV-8 and BTV-3 in Culicoides sonorensis biting midges.

Results

Oral infection with BTV-3 resulted in a significantly higher viral load in the infected midges with demonstrated replication than BTV-8 infection.

Conclusions

The higher viral load observed in midges with BTV-3 replication than in midges with BTV-8 replication may be a factor contributing to the observed faster outbreak progression of the current BTV-3 outbreak in comparison to the BTV-8 outbreak in 2006/2007.

Graphical Abstract