Serological survey of domestic animals for tick-borne encephalitis and Bhanja viruses in northeastern Hungary

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• 作者：Silvie Š ; ikutová ; Sá ; ndor Hornok ; Zdeně ; k Hubá ; lek ; Iva Dolež ; á ; lková ; Zina Juř ; icová ; Ivo Rudolf
• 关键词：Tick-borne encephalitis ; Bhanja virus ; Cattle ; Horse ; Sheep ; Hungary
• 刊名：Veterinary Microbiology
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：30 March 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：135
• 期：3-4
• 页码：267-271
• 全文大小：242 K

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Blood sera collected from 400 domestic animals (260 cattle, 100 Merino sheep, and 40 Hutzul horses) in northeastern Hungary in 2005 were examined for antibodies against two tick-borne viruses, tick-borne encephalitis flavivirus (TBEV) and Bhanja bunyavirus (BHAV). Using ELISA as screening test and plaque-reduction neutralization as confirmatory test, seropositivity to TBEV was found to be 26.5 % in cattle, 7.0 % in sheep, and 0.0 % in horses. Among cattle, the animals up to 3 years old had significantly lower seroprevalence rate than those in older age groups. Natural foci of tick-borne encephalitis are obviously present in northeastern Hungary. On the other hand, no antibodies neutralizing BHAV were detected in the domestic animals.