Seroprevalence and risk factor analysis for exposure to equine encephalosis virus in Israel, Palestine and Jordan
Autor: | Lara Quraan, Amir Steinman, Evgeny Khinich, Doni Zivotofsky, Abdelmajeed Nasereddin, Sharon Tirosh-Levy, Boris Gelman, Ziad Abdeen |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Veterinary medicine
040301 veterinary sciences 030231 tropical medicine African Horse Sickness Virus Arbovirus Equine encephalosis virus Virus 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Seroprevalence Veterinary Sciences Epizootic Orbivirus seroprevalence General Veterinary biology Original Articles 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Culicoides biology.organism_classification medicine.disease horse arbovirus Original Article |
Zdroj: | Scipedia Open Access Scipedia SL Veterinary Medicine and Science |
ISSN: | 2053-1095 |
Popis: | Equine encephalosis virus (EEV) is an orbivirus transmitted by Culicoides species. Most infected horses show mild clinical signs and mortality is usually very low. EEV is closely related and similarly transmitted to other, more pathogenic and economically important, orbiviruses such as African horse sickness virus (AHSV), bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic haemorrhagic disease viruses (EHDV), and may serve as an indicator for possible transmission of the latter. Israel has been reported to be endemic for EEV since 2001. This study was initiated to re‐evaluate the current seroprevalence and risk factors for EEV exposure in Israel, and to assess, for the first time, the seroprevalence of EEV in Palestine and Jordan. Three hundred and sixteen serum samples were collected from apparently healthy horses at 21 farms in Israel, 66 horses at nine farms in Palestine and 100 horses at three farms in Jordan. The presence of EEV antibodies was detected by a serum neutralization assay. Seroprevalence of EEV was 58.2% (184/316 horses) in Israel, 48.5% (32/66 horses) in Palestine and 2% (2/100 horses) in Jordan. Seroprevalence in Jordan was significantly lower than in Israel and Palestine (P |
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