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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Equine encephalosis virus: Evidence for circulation beyond southern Africa
Epidemiology and Infection, Volume 140, No. 11, Year 2012
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Description
Prior to the recent outbreak of equine encephalosis in Israel in 2009, equine encephalosis virus (EEV) had only been isolated from equids in South Africa. In this study we show the first evidence for the circulation of EEV beyond South Africa in Ethiopia, Ghana and The Gambia, indicating that EEV is likely to be freely circulating and endemic in East and West Africa. Sequence analysis revealed that the EEV isolate circulating in The Gambia was closely related to an EEV isolate that was isolated from a horse from Israel during the EEV outbreak in 2009, indicating that the two viruses have a common ancestry. Interestingly horses in Morocco tested negative for EEV antibodies indicating that the Sahara desert may be acting as a geographical barrier to the spread to the virus to North African countries. This evidence for EEV circulation in countries in East and West Africa sheds light on how the virus may have reached Israel to cause the recent outbreak in 2009. © Copyright Cambridge University Press 2011.
Authors & Co-Authors
Oura, Christopher A.L.
United Kingdom, Surrey
The Pirbright Institute
Batten, Carrie Anne
United Kingdom, Surrey
The Pirbright Institute
Ivens, Philip A.S.
United Kingdom, Buckingham
Buckingham Equine Medicine Referrals
Balcha, Melese
Ethiopia
National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Centre Nahdic
Alhassan, A.
Ghana, Accra
Accra Veterinary Laboratory
Gizaw, Daniel
Ethiopia
National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Centre Nahdic
El-Harrak, Mehdi
Unknown Affiliation
Jallow, D. B.
Gambia
Gambia Livestock Marketing Agency
Sahle, Mesfin
Ethiopia
National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Centre Nahdic
Maan, Narender Singh
United Kingdom, Surrey
The Pirbright Institute
Mertens, Peter Paul Clement
United Kingdom, Surrey
The Pirbright Institute
Maan, Sushila
United Kingdom, Surrey
The Pirbright Institute
Statistics
Citations: 19
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S0950268811002688
ISSN:
09502688
e-ISSN:
14694409
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Morocco
South Africa