| Autor: |
Kmetiuk LB; Graduate College of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil., Custódio de Souza Hunold Lara MDC; Laboratory of Rabies and Viral Encephalitis, Animal Health Research and Development, Biological Institute, São Paulo, Brazil., Monteforte Cassaro Villalobos E; Laboratory of Rabies and Viral Encephalitis, Animal Health Research and Development, Biological Institute, São Paulo, Brazil., de Barros Filho IR; Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Paraná State, Curitiba, Brazil., Martins CM; Department of Medicine, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Brazil., Bach RVW; Department of Medicine, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Brazil., Pistori Machado F; Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Paraná State, Curitiba, Brazil., Silva Pereira M; São Paulo State Department of the Environment, Campinas, Brazil., Cavalcante Lipinski L; Department of Medicine, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Brazil., Dos Santos AP; Department of Comparative Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA., Biondo AW; Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Paraná State, Curitiba, Brazil. |
| Abstrakt: |
A total of 102 free-range wild boars, 170 hunting dogs, and 49 hunters from 3 Brazilian regions were sampled and tested for antibodies to eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV), western equine encephalitis virus, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus. Three of the 102 (2.9%) wild boars were positive for antibodies against EEEV by microplate serum neutralization test. Based on our data, free-range wild boars from central-western Brazil may be exposed to EEEV, and further studies are needed to evaluate the potential of incorporating serosurveys in routine arbovirus activity surveillance specifically to identify arbovirus activity foci and to help establish thresholds for epidemic transmission. |
