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Peer-reviewedCC BYEmerging infectious diseases

Emergence of Shamonda Orthobunyavirus, Central Europe, 2026

  • Kerstin Wernike1
  • Bernd Hoffmann1
  • Ellen Kathrin Link1
  • Simon Rotheneder1
  • Mirette I. Y. Eshak1
  • Florian Pfaff1
  • Dirk Höper1
  • Martin Beer1
  1. 1Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany (K. Wernike, B. Hoffmann, M. Eshak, F. Pfaff, D. Höper, M. Beer); State Institute for Chemical and Veterinary Analysis Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (E.K. Link); Animal Disease Fund Baden-Württemberg, Cattle Health Service, Freiburg (S. Rotheneder)
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Abstract

Since mid-June 2026, an acute, non-fatal syndrome with high herd morbidity, reduced milk yield, diarrhea, fever and lethargy affected dairy cattle in southern Germany and Switzerland. Major viral pathogens were excluded. Pan-Simbuvirus PCR first detected an orthobunyavirus, subsequently confirmed by metagenomic sequencing, which enabled recovery of a complete “Shamonda-like” genome. One sentence summary line More than a decade after the emergence of Schmallenberg virus in 2011, a novel “Shamonda-like” orthobunyavirus of the Simbu serogroup has now emerged in Central Europe.

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@article{wernike2026emergence,
  title = {{Emergence of Shamonda Orthobunyavirus, Central Europe, 2026}},
  author = {Kerstin Wernike and Bernd Hoffmann and Ellen Kathrin Link and Simon Rotheneder and Mirette I. Y. Eshak and Florian Pfaff and Dirk Höper and Martin Beer},
  journal = {Emerging infectious diseases},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.3201/eid3212.261496},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3212.261496},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Emergence of Shamonda Orthobunyavirus, Central Europe, 2026
AU  - Kerstin Wernike
AU  - Bernd Hoffmann
AU  - Ellen Kathrin Link
AU  - Simon Rotheneder
AU  - Mirette I. Y. Eshak
AU  - Florian Pfaff
AU  - Dirk Höper
AU  - Martin Beer
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/19
JO  - Emerging infectious diseases
DO  - 10.3201/eid3212.261496
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3212.261496
AB  - Since mid-June 2026, an acute, non-fatal syndrome with high herd morbidity, reduced milk yield, diarrhea, fever and lethargy affected dairy cattle in southern Germany and Switzerland. Major viral pathogens were excluded. Pan-Simbuvirus PCR first detected an orthobunyavirus, subsequently confirmed by metagenomic sequencing, which enabled recovery of a complete “Shamonda-like” genome. One sentence summary line More than a decade after the emergence of Schmallenberg virus in 2011, a novel “Shamonda-like” orthobunyavirus of the Simbu serogroup has now emerged in Central Europe.
SN  - 1080-6040
SN  - 1080-6059
ER  -