Naslov
West Nile virus serosurveillance in horses in Croatia during the 2012 transmission season

Autori
Barbić, Ljubo ; Stevanović, Vladimir ; Kovač, Snježana ; Maltar, Ljupka ; Lohman Janković, Ivana ; Vilibić-Čavlek, Tatjana ; Madić, Josip

Izvornik
Rad Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. Medicinske znanosti (1330-5301) 39 (2013); 95-104

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
West Nile virus ; Serosurveillance ; Horses ; Public Health ; Croatia

Sažetak
In 2012 the active WNV surveillance system in horses was introduced in Croatia. Between June and October 2012, in six Croatian counties, 1804 horse sera were sampled and tested for IgM WNV antibodies as the confirmation of an acute infection. Additional 1472 samples were tested for the presence of IgG WNV antibodies in the seroprevalence study. The study showed the increased seroprevalence of WNV infection in horses (was) in four and acute infections in horses in three Eastern Croatian counties. In the same transmission season, the first human WNV clinical cases were reported in the counties with a confirmed increase in WNV seroprevalence in horses. Even more, the first detection of horses acutely infected with WNV had been two weeks before the first confirmed human clinical case. The results confirmed the active serosurveillance system in horses as a valuable tool for WNV surveillance in Croatia and as the source of important veterinary medicine and public health data.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Veterinarska medicina

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