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South African bovine ephemeral fever virus glycoprotein sequences are phylogenetically distinct from those from the rest of the world

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Bovine ephemeral fever virus (BEFV) is an economically important arbovirus affecting cattle and water buffalo. Currently, isolates can be separated into three phylogenetic groups, differentiated by the place of isolation, namely, East Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. BEFV surface glycoprotein (G) genes from 14 South African field strains collected between 1968 and 1999 were sequenced and compared to 154 published sequences. The BEFV isolates from South Africa were found to be phylogenetically distinct from those from other parts of the world.

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This work is based on research supported by the Technology Innovation Agency, project number TBS14-0020C, and in part by the National Research Foundation of South Africa (Grant no. 64815).

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  1. Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa

    Ruzaiq Omar, Olivia Carulei, Nicola Douglass & Anna-Lise Williamson

  2. Transboundary Animal Diseases Programme, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa

    Antoinette Van Schalkwyk & Livio Heath

  3. Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa

    Anna-Lise Williamson

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The nucleotide sequence data reported here are available under accession numbers MN026880, MN026881, MN026884, MN026885, MN026886, MN026887, MN026890, MN026891, MN026892, MN026893, MN026894, MN026895, MN026896, MN026897 and MN026899.

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Omar, R., Van Schalkwyk, A., Carulei, O. et al. South African bovine ephemeral fever virus glycoprotein sequences are phylogenetically distinct from those from the rest of the world. Arch Virol 165, 1207–1210 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-020-04568-9

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