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Isolation and whole-genome sequence analysis of Balagodu virus in Japan

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Whole-genome sequencing of a virus isolated from Culicoides biting midges in southern Japan in 2020 revealed that it is a strain of Balagodu virus (BLGV; genus Orthobunyavirus; family Peribunyaviridae; order Bunyavirales). A solitary instance of BLGV isolation occurred in India in 1963. All assembled segments comprise complete protein-coding sequences that are similar to those of other orthobunyaviruses. The consensus 3'- and 5'-terminal sequences of orthobunyaviruses’ genomic RNAs are also conserved in the Japanese BLGV strain. Here, we update the geographic distribution of BLGV and provide its complete sequence, contributing to the clarification of orthobunyavirus phylogeny.

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We wish to thank all staff of livestock hygiene service centers in Miyazaki Prefecture for collecting bovine blood samples and Culicoides biting midges.

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This study was conducted under the research project on “Regulatory research projects for food safety, animal health and plant protection (JPJ008617. 18065101)” funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan.

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  1. Miyazaki Livestock Hygiene Service Center, 3151-1 Shimonaka, Sadowara, Miyazaki, 880-0212, Japan

    Mayumi Honda, Hironori Setoyama & Ryosuke Nabekura

  2. Kagoshima Research Station, National Institute of Animal Health, NARO, 2702 Chuzan, Kagoshima, 891-0105, Japan

    Katsunori Murota, Yuto Suda & Tohru Yanase

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M.H. contributed to conceptualization, formal analysis, methodology, and writing of the manuscript. H.S. and R.N. contributed to formal analysis and methodology. K.M. contributed to formal analysis and methodology. Y.S. contributed to methodology, validation, and writing, reviewing, & editing. T.Y. contributed to conceptualization, investigation, supervision, funding acquisition, validation, and writing, reviewing, & editing of the manuscript.

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Honda, M., Setoyama, H., Nabekura, R. et al. Isolation and whole-genome sequence analysis of Balagodu virus in Japan. Virus Genes (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-024-02060-z

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