“…This strain has subsequently been associated with periodic outbreaks in cattle in East Asia (Hirashima et al, 2015;Kitano, 2004). In recent years EHDV-6 and 7 have been involved in several outbreaks in cattle: EHDV-6 in Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Reunion Island and French Guiana (Albayrak et al, 2010;Cêtre-Sossah et al, 2014;Temizel et al, 2009;Viarouge et al, 2014); EHDV-7 in Israel in 2006 (Eschbaumer et al, 2012;Wilson et al, 2015;Yadin et al, 2008). During 2007 and most recently, EHDV-2 caused morbidity in dairy cattle in Ohio and Kentucky (Garrett et al, 2015) (ProMed Archive Number: 20150923.3666422).…”