West Nile Virus equine serosurvey in the Czech and Slovak republics.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
; 13(10): 733-8, 2013 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
A serological survey for West Nile virus (WNV) infection involved 395 horses from 43 administrative districts of the Czech Republic (163 animals) and 29 districts of Slovakia (232 animals), sampled between 2008 and 2011. Using a plaque-reduction neutralization microtest, antibodies to WNV were not detected in any horse from the Czech Republic, whereas 19 nonvaccinated horses from Slovakia had specific antibodies to WNV (no cross-reactions were observed with tick-borne encephalitis and Usutu flaviviruses in those animals). The seropositivity rate of nonvaccinated horses in Slovakia was 8.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] 4.7-11.9%), and autochthonous local infection with WNV occurred at least in 11, i.e., 4.8% (95% CI 2.0-7.6%) of the animals. All seropositive horses lived in six lowland districts of southern Slovakia; overall, 15.1% (95% CI 8.8-21.4%) of 126 nonvaccinated horses were seropositive in those districts, situated relatively closely to the border with Hungary, i.e., the country where WNV disease cases have been reported in birds, horses and humans since 2003.
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Assunto principal:
Febre do Nilo Ocidental
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Vírus do Nilo Ocidental
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Doenças dos Cavalos
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Cavalos
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Anticorpos Antivirais
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
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Article