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Molecular and serological surveillance of Getah virus in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, 2017-2020

Journal

VIROLOGICA SINICA
Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages 229-237

Publisher

KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.virs.2022.02.004

Keywords

Getah virus (GETV); Zoonoses; Arbovirus; Seroprevalence; Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

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Funding

  1. National Program on Key Research Project of China [2018YFD0500104, 2018YFD0500803]
  2. Technologies for Prevention and Control of Virus Zoonoses, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences [2020-12M-5-001]

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The mosquito-borne GETV is a globally prevalent virus that is pathogenic to domestic animals and humans. This study found that GETV is widely distributed in Xinjiang, China, especially in horses and pigs, with positive antibody and virus detection. Therefore, it is crucial to enhance monitoring strategies to prevent economic losses in horses and pigs.
The Getah virus (GETV), a mosquito-borne RNA virus, is widely distributed in Oceania and Asia. GETV is not the only pathogenic to horses, pigs, cattle, foxes and boars, but it can also cause fever in humans. Since its first reported case in Chinese mainland in 2017, the number of GETV-affected provinces has increased to seventeen till now. Therefore, we performed an epidemiologic investigation of GETV in the Xinjiang region, located in northwestern China, during the period of 2017???2020. ELISA was used to analyze 3299 serum samples collected from thoroughbred horse, local horse, sheep, goat, cattle, and pigs, with thoroughbred horse (74.8%), local horse (67.3%), goat (11.7%), sheep (10.0%), cattle (25.1%) and pigs (51.1%) being positive for anti-GETV antibodies. Interestingly, the neutralizing antibody titer in horses was much higher than in other species. Four samples from horses and pigs were positive for GETV according to RT-PCR. Furthermore, from the serum of a local horse, we isolated GETV which was designated as strain XJ-2019-07, and determined its complete genome sequence. From the phylogenetic relationships, it belongs to the Group III lineage. This is the first evidence of GETV associated to domestic animals in Xinjiang. Overall, GETV is prevalent in Xinjiang and probably has been for several years. Since no vaccine against GETV is available in China, detection and monitoring strategies should be improved in horses and pigs, especially imported and farmed, in order to prevent economic losses.

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