Geographic Disparities in Domestic Pig Population Exposure to Ebola Viruses, Guinea, 2017–2019

Autor: Solène Grayo, Alimou Camara, Bakary Doukouré, Isabelle Ellis, Cécile Troupin, Kerstin Fischer, Jessica Vanhomwegen, Michael White, Martin H. Groschup, Sandra Diederich, Noël Tordo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 30, Iss 4, Pp 681-690 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid3004.231034
Popis: Although pigs are naturally susceptible to Reston virus and experimentally to Ebola virus (EBOV), their role in Orthoebolavirus ecology remains unknown. We tested 888 serum samples collected from pigs in Guinea during 2017–2019 (between the 2013–16 epidemic and its resurgence in 2021) by indirect ELISA against the EBOV nucleoprotein. We identified 2 hotspots of possible pig exposure by IgG titer levels: the northern coast had 48.7% of positive serum samples (37/76), and Forest Guinea, bordering Sierra Leone and Liberia, where the virus emerged and reemerged, had 50% of positive serum samples (98/196). The multitarget Luminex approach confirms ELISA results against Ebola nucleoprotein and highlights cross-reactivities to glycoprotein of EBOV, Reston virus, and Bundibugyo virus. Those results are consistent with previous observations of the circulation of Orthoebolavirus species in pig farming regions in Sierra Leone and Ghana, suggesting potential risk for Ebola virus disease in humans, especially in Forest Guinea.
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