Seroprevalence of West Nile virus antibodies in equids in the North-East of Algeria and detection of virus circulation in 2014

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• 作者：Ismail Lafri^a ; Christine M. Prat^c ; Idir Bitam^b ; ^d ; ^e ; ^h ; ^{idirbitam@gmail.com} ; Patrick Gravier^c ; Mohamed Besbaci^a ; ^b ; Fayç ; al Zeroual^f ; Meriem Hind Ben-Mahdi^b ; Bernard Davoust^e ; Isabelle Leparc-Goffart^c ; ^g
• 关键词：West Nile virus ; Algeria ; Horse ; Donkey ; Wetlands
• 刊名：Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：50
• 期：Complete
• 页码：8-12
• 全文大小：709 K
• 卷排序：50

文摘

This study describes the first seroprevalence study of West Nile virus (WNV) antibodies conducted in the equine population in Algeria. Antibodies against WNV were found in 51 samples (seroprevalence 17.4%) of sampled equids, distributed as follows: 19 (seroprevalence 26.8%) horses and 32 (seroprevalence 14.4%) donkeys. We observe a seroconversion in 2 horses, showing WNV circulation in 2014 in this specific region of Algeria.