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Seroprevalence of Enzootic Teschen Disease in the Wild Boar Population in Ukraine

Journal

VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 138-147

Publisher

MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2021.0063

Keywords

Teschen; wild boar; serology; enzootic; porcine teschovirus; PTV-1

Funding

  1. State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine [20012013]
  2. Section for Major Epizootics from the State Regional and District Veterinary Medicine Departments of Ukraine
  3. U.S. Department of Defense
  4. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
  5. Biothreat Reduction Program (BTRP)

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Teschen disease is an acute fatal enterovirus encephalomyelitis in pigs caused by porcine teschovirus-1 (PTV-1). The virus is widely distributed in wild boar populations in Ukraine, with higher concentrations in the northern and western regions. Wild boar may serve as a reservoir and potential source for the transboundary spread of PTVs to domestic swine populations. Monitoring and prevention efforts should be focused on forested and mountain regions.
Teschen disease is an acute fatal enterovirus encephalomyelitis of pigs, characterized by a range of central nervous system disorders. The cause of porcine enterovirus encephalomyelitis is the picornavirus porcine teschovirus-1 (PTV-1). There are at least 12 disctinct serotypes of PTVs, where PTV-2 to PTV-12 serogroups are associated with other forms of disease (Talfan disease or poliomyelitis suum) or benign enzootic paresis. Combined, PTVs have been found to have a high seroprevalence, up to 65%, in healthy pig populations in Europe. PTVs have also been detected in wild boar, including the divergent PTV-13 serogroup; wild suids may represent a sylvatic reservoir capable of carrying the virus long distances. In Ukraine, Teschen disease is widespread and causes lethal disease in domestic pigs. To understand temporal and geographical distribution of Teschen disease virus (PTV-1) in wild boar in Ukraine (2001-2013), we analyzed seroprevalence of 6840 blood serum samples from hunted suids using a virus microneutralization assay. A total of 1364 samples (19.9%) were seropositive, with average antibody titer ratios 5.89 +/- 0.03 log(2) (range 5-12 log(2)). Teschen seroprevalence was temporally and geographically concentrated in the northern and western regions of Ukraine, corresponding to forested regions (polissya) and overlapping with wild boar populations and habitats, suggesting endemicity in wild boar. The virus sporadically emerged in central, southern, and eastern forested regions, suggesting long-distance movement of infected wild suids. Thus, wild boar should be monitored for potential transboundary spread in forested and mountain regions and spillover of PTVs to domestic swine populations.

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