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    West nile virus antibody prevalence in horses of Ukraine (2013)

    Art
    Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag
    Autoren
    Ziegler, Ute
    Skrypnyk, Artem
    Keller, Markus
    Staubach, Christoph
    Bezymennyi, Maksym
    Damiani, Armando M (WE 5)
    Osterrieder, Nikolaus (WE 5)
    Groschup, Martin H
    Quelle
    Viruses
    Bandzählung: 5
    Heftzählung: 10
    Seiten: 2469 – 2482
    ISSN: 1999-4915
    Sprache
    Englisch
    Verweise
    URL (Volltext): http://edocs.fu-berlin.de/docs/receive/FUDOCS_document_000000021363
    DOI: 10.3390/v5102469
    Pubmed: 24100889
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    Institut für Virologie

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    14163 Berlin
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    virologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

    Abstract / Zusammenfassung

    West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus of global importance. Over the last two decades, it has been responsible for significant numbers of cases of illness in humans and animals in many parts of the world. In Ukraine, WNV infections in humans and birds were first reported more than 25 years ago, yet the current epidemiological status is quite unclear. In this study, serum samples from over 300 equines were collected and screened in order to detect current WNV activity in Ukraine with the goal to estimate the risk of infection for humans and horses. Sera were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and virus neutralization assay (NT) to detect WNV-specific antibodies. The results clearly revealed that WNV circulates in most of the regions from which samples were obtained, shown by a WNV seroprevalence rate of 13.5% of examined horses. This is the first topical report indicating the presence of WNV infections in horses in Ukraine, and the results of this study provide evidence of a widespread WNV circulation in this country.