Epidemiology of Bluetongue in India
Autor: | Nagendra R. Hegde, Y. V. Reddy, P. P. Rao, Y. Krishnajyothi, Y. N. Reddy, Kalyani Putty, G. H. Reddy, S. R. Gollapalli, B. Susmitha |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Serotype Veterinary medicine medicine.medical_specialty India Biology Serogroup Bluetongue Virus Herd immunity 03 medical and health sciences Immunity Epidemiology Prevalence medicine Animals Serotyping Sheep General Veterinary General Immunology and Microbiology business.industry Outbreak Viral Vaccines General Medicine Virology 030104 developmental biology Vector (epidemiology) DNA Viral Livestock business Bluetongue virus |
Zdroj: | Europe PubMed Central |
ISSN: | 1865-1674 |
Popis: | Bluetongue (BT) is an insectborne endemic disease in India. Although infections are observed in domestic and wild ruminants, the clinical disease and mortality are observed only in sheep, especially in the southern states of the country. The difference in disease patterns in different parts of the country could be due to varied climatic conditions, sheep population density and susceptibility of the sheep breeds to BT. Over the five decades after the first report of BT in 1964, most of the known serotypes of bluetongue virus (BTV) have been reported from India either by virus isolation or by detection of serotype-specific antibodies. There have been no structured longitudinal studies to identify the circulating serotypes throughout the country. At least ten serotypes were isolated between 1967 and 2000 (BTV-1-4, 6, 9, 16-18, 23). Since 2001, the All-India Network Programme on Bluetongue and other laboratories have isolated eight different serotypes (BTV-1-3, 9, 10, 12, 16, 21). Genetic analysis of these viruses has revealed that some of them vary substantially from reference viruses, and some show high sequence identity with modified live virus vaccines used in different parts of the world. These observations have highlighted the need to develop diagnostic capabilities, especially as BT outbreaks are still declared based on clinical signs. Although virus isolation and serotyping are the gold standards, rapid methods based on the detection of viral nucleic acid may be more suitable for India. The epidemiological investigations also have implications for vaccine design. Although only a handful serotypes may be involved in causing outbreaks every year, the combination of serotypes may change from year to year. For effective control of BT in India, it may be pertinent to introduce sentinel and vector traps systems for identification of the circulating serotypes and to evaluate herd immunity against different serotypes, so that relevant strains can be included in vaccine formulations. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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