Journal
VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages 1303-1305Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT INC
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0249
Keywords
Horses; Serbia; Usutu virus; Vector-borne; West Nile virus
Funding
- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN) [FIS-PI71310, SAF2008-04232, FAU2008-00006, AIB2010SE-00316]
- EU [NADIR-UE-228394]
- Serbian Ministry of Science and Technological Development [TR 31084]
- MICINN
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West Nile virus (WNV), the most widely distributed flavivirus worldwide, has lately reemerged in Europe, causing worrisome outbreaks in humans and horses. Serological analysis by enzyme-linked immunoassay and plaque reduction neutralization test showed for the first time in Serbia that 12% of 349 horses presented specific neutralizing WNV antibodies, which in one case also cross-neutralized Usutu virus (USUV). This is the first time that anti-USUV high neutralizing antibody titers are reported in horses. All these data indicate that WNV and USUV are circulating in the region and advise on the convenience of implementing surveillance programs.
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