Abstract

ACEVEDO, Ana María; CURIEL, Maray; RELOVA, Damarys  and  PERERA, Carmen Laura. Bluetongue virus: update on the situation in the Americas, the Caribbean and Cuba. Rev Salud Anim. [online]. 2020, vol.42, n.2, e06.  Epub Aug 01, 2020. ISSN 0253-570X.

Bluetongue has been listed as a notifiable disease by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Over the past two decades, the bluetongue virus has caused severe outbreaks in domestic and wild ruminants in several countries outside the range of 40°N and 35°S due to the migration of Culicoides spp. at increasing latitudes where ruminants are susceptible. Climate change, driven by global warming, could contribute to the spread of the virus beyond those limits , mainly through the creation of more suitable conditions for the propagation and reproduction of vectors. This review provides a summary of some previously compiled data of the different BTV serotypes that are present in the Americas and the Caribbean region, specified by serological techniques or viral isolation, as well as vector species involved in disease transmission.

Keywords : bluetongue virus; America; Caribbean; Cuba.

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