Grotenhout Virus, a Novel Nairovirus Found in Ixodes ricinus in Belgium

Bert Vanmechelen; Lies Laenen; Valentijn Vergote; Piet Maes

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00288-17

Grotenhout Virus, a Novel Nairovirus Found in Ixodes ricinus in Belgium

Genome Announc. 2017 May 25;5(21):e00288-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00288-17.

Authors

Bert Vanmechelen¹, Lies Laenen¹, Valentijn Vergote¹, Piet Maes²

Affiliations

¹ KU Leuven, Rega Institute, Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Unit (ZIDU) Lab, Leuven, Belgium.
² KU Leuven, Rega Institute, Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Unit (ZIDU) Lab, Leuven, Belgium piet.maes@kuleuven.be.

Abstract

We report here the draft genome of a novel nairovirus, Grotenhout virus, isolated from deer ticks (Ixodes ricinus) in Belgium. The genome consists of two segments, L and S, and is most similar to the tick-borne South Bay virus, with amino acid identities ranging from 60 to 64%.