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Schmallenberg virus

Taxonomy pass, October 2026

ICTV species Orthobunyavirus schmallenbergense, family Peribunyaviridae. What it is, and what exists against it.

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At a glance

AbbreviationSBV, DOUV, SATV, SHAV
ICTV speciesOrthobunyavirus schmallenbergense
FamilyPeribunyaviridae
Baltimore classV — (−)ssRNA
Human infectionNot known to infect humans

Also called: Douglas virus; Sathuperi virus; Shamonda virus; Schmallenberg orthobunyavirus; Orthobunyavirus schmallenbergense

Riboviria › Negarnaviricota › Bunyaviricetes › Elliovirales › Peribunyaviridae › Orthobunyavirus

What it is

Taxonomy copied from ICTV MSL41.v1 / VMR_MSL41.v1.20260729.xlsx. These ranks are not hand-edited; a correction means re-running the fetch against a newer release.

RealmRiboviria
KingdomOrthornavirae
PhylumNegarnaviricota
ClassBunyaviricetes
OrderElliovirales
FamilyPeribunyaviridae
GenusOrthobunyavirus
ICTV identifierICTV19990647
NCBI taxon3052437
Exemplar isolateL: KC355457; M: KC355458; S: KC355459

Host evidence

Counts of nucleotide records annotated with that host. Evidence of provenance, not a statement of host range.

Where it occurs

Not searched yet. No country-level occurrence data has been curated for this virus. The WHO reported-case data on this site covers a limited set of diseases; a virus outside it gets no map rather than an empty one.

What it does

Not searched yet. Burden, severity and transmissibility figures have not been curated for this virus yet. When they are, each will carry the exact sentence from its source.

Vaccines

In use against this virus
NameDeveloperPlatformUseStageJurisdictionsTrialsSource
Zulvac SBVZoetis Belgiuminactivated wholeRoutine immunisationApprovedUK: approved—VMD product A011264 (VM EU/2/14/178/001); active substance 'Schmallenb
Zulvac SBV Suspension for Injection for Cattle and SheepZoetis UK Limitedinactivated wholeRoutine immunisationApprovedUK: approved—VMD product A008951 (VM 42058/5092); active substance 'Schmallenberg v

Antivirals

Not searched yet. No US-approved antiviral for this virus was found in the openFDA drug label endpoint. Only US labels were searched, and only drugs the FDA classes as antivirals.

Antibodies and immune globulins

Not searched yet. No US-approved antiviral antibody for this virus was found in the openFDA drug label endpoint.

Approval status is not a treatment recommendation. Dosing and eligibility are on the label and in national guidelines. This page does not give medical advice and does not render dosing. A development stage is not a measure of how well something works.

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Cite this page. Schmallenberg virus. Vaccine Data Navigator, Open Source Medicine Foundation. Built 31 October 2026 from the ICTV Virus Metadata Resource (MSL41) and NCBI Taxonomy/GenBank. https://vaccinedatanavigator.org/virus-navigator/veterinary/viruses/schmallenberg-virus.html

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