Epizootiological Investigation of Getah Virus Infection among Racehorses in Japan in 2014. 2015

Hiroshi Bannai, and Manabu Nemoto, and Akihiro Ochi, and Takuya Kikuchi, and Minoru Kobayashi, and Koji Tsujimura, and Takashi Yamanaka, and Takashi Kondo
Epizootic Research Center, Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan bannai@epizoo.equinst.go.jp.

To clarify the factors causing an outbreak in 2014 of Getah virus infection among racehorses at the Miho training center, Japan, we isolated virus strains and performed an epizootiological investigation of affected horses and related horse populations. Three Getah virus isolates were recovered from clinical samples, and one of them (14-I-605) was used in a virus-neutralizing test. Of the affected horses (n = 33), 20 (60.6%) were 2-year-olds. We investigated the histories of Getah virus vaccination of the affected horses and the whole population at the Miho training center. Among the 2-year-old population, the prevalence of the disease in horses that had been vaccinated once was 14.1%. This was significantly higher than that in horses that had been vaccinated twice or more (1.3%; P < 0.01). Among horses that had entered the training center from farms in Ibaraki Prefecture surrounding the training center and from neighboring Chiba Prefecture, the rate of seropositivity for Getah virus was 13.0% in September 2014 and 42.9% in October 2014; that in the corresponding periods in 2010 and 2013 was 0%. In conclusion, we identified two possible causes of the outbreak of Getah virus infection in the training center in 2014: (i) the existence of susceptible horses that had received only one dose of vaccination before the outbreak and (ii) increased risk of exposure to the virus because of epizootic Getah virus infection among horses on surrounding farms in Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007564 Japan A country in eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. The capital is Tokyo. Bonin Islands
D009500 Neutralization Tests The measurement of infection-blocking titer of ANTISERA by testing a series of dilutions for a given virus-antiserum interaction end-point, which is generally the dilution at which tissue cultures inoculated with the serum-virus mixtures demonstrate cytopathology (CPE) or the dilution at which 50% of test animals injected with serum-virus mixtures show infectivity (ID50) or die (LD50). Neutralization Test,Test, Neutralization,Tests, Neutralization
D004196 Disease Outbreaks Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS. Outbreaks,Infectious Disease Outbreaks,Disease Outbreak,Disease Outbreak, Infectious,Disease Outbreaks, Infectious,Infectious Disease Outbreak,Outbreak, Disease,Outbreak, Infectious Disease,Outbreaks, Disease,Outbreaks, Infectious Disease
D006734 Horse Diseases Diseases of domestic and wild horses of the species Equus caballus. Equine Diseases,Disease, Equine,Disease, Horse,Diseases, Equine,Diseases, Horse,Equine Disease,Horse Disease
D006736 Horses Large, hoofed mammals of the family EQUIDAE. Horses are active day and night with most of the day spent seeking and consuming food. Feeding peaks occur in the early morning and late afternoon, and there are several daily periods of rest. Equus caballus,Equus przewalskii,Horse, Domestic,Domestic Horse,Domestic Horses,Horse,Horses, Domestic
D000524 Alphavirus A genus of TOGAVIRIDAE, also known as Group A arboviruses. They are serologically related to each other and are transmitted by mosquitoes. The type species is the SINDBIS VIRUS. Arboviruses, Group A,Barmah forest virus,Getah virus,Sagiyama virus,Alpha Virus,Alphaviruses,Alpha Viruses,Arbovirus, Group A,Group A Arbovirus,Group A Arboviruses
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014765 Viral Vaccines Suspensions of attenuated or killed viruses administered for the prevention or treatment of infectious viral disease. Viral Vaccine,Vaccine, Viral,Vaccines, Viral
D016036 Seroepidemiologic Studies EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES based on the detection through serological testing of characteristic change in the serum level of specific ANTIBODIES. Latent subclinical infections and carrier states can thus be detected in addition to clinically overt cases. Seroprevalence,Seroepidemiologic Study,Seroepidemiological Study,Studies, Seroepidemiologic,Study, Seroepidemiologic,Seroepidemiological Studies,Seroprevalences,Studies, Seroepidemiological,Study, Seroepidemiological
D018354 Alphavirus Infections Virus diseases caused by members of the ALPHAVIRUS genus of the family TOGAVIRIDAE. Getah Virus Infection,Sagiyama Virus Infection,Semliki Forest Virus Infection,Sindbis Fever,Sindbis Virus Infection,Alpha Virus Infections,Barmah Forest Virus Infection,Infections, Alphavirus,Mayaro Virus Infection,O'nyong-nyong Virus Infection,Alpha Virus Infection,Alphavirus Infection,Fever, Sindbis,Infection, Alphavirus,Infection, Getah Virus,Infection, Mayaro Virus,Infection, O'nyong-nyong Virus,Infection, Sagiyama Virus,Infection, Sindbis Virus,O'nyong nyong Virus Infection,O'nyong-nyong Virus Infections,Sindbis Fevers,Sindbis Virus Infections,Virus Infection, Alpha,Virus Infection, Getah,Virus Infection, Mayaro,Virus Infection, O'nyong-nyong,Virus Infection, Sagiyama,Virus Infection, Sindbis

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