{
  "id": 6225496,
  "title": "Two incursions, two viruses: Emergence of a second novel Shamonda virus clade in Central Europe, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/two-incursions-two-viruses-emergence-of-a-second-novel-shamonda-virus",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-07T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.05.749452v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Following the emergence of Shamonda virus (SHAV) in Europe in 2026, we identified a second, genetically distinct SHAV clade in cattle in Germany. Consistent differences across all three genome segments together with divergent regional distribution patterns indicate independent introductions. We have designated the two clades as SHAV Europe 1 (SHAV-EU1) and SHAV Europe 2 (SHAV-EU2). The unexpected…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}