Seroprevalence and risk factors for equine arboviral infections (Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis, Western Equine Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis and West Nile Fever) in Costa Rica
To gain a better understanding of the epidemio- logical situation of arboviral infections in horses in Costa Rica, a national IgG seroprevalence study was performed in 2013. In Costa Rica, equine arboviral infections are caused by Alphaviruses such as Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus (EE...
| Autores Principales: | Hutter, Sabine E., Baldi, Mario, Firth, C.L, León, Bernal, Käsbohrer, A., Jiménez, Carlos |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Elsevier
2022
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http://hdl.handle.net/11056/23481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.11.151 |
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To gain a better understanding of the epidemio-
logical situation of arboviral infections in horses in Costa Rica,
a national IgG seroprevalence study was performed in 2013. In
Costa Rica, equine arboviral infections are caused by Alphaviruses
such as Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus (EEV), Western
equine encephalomyelitis virus (WEV) and Venezuelan equine
encephalomyelitis virus (VEV), as well as a Flavivirus: West Nile
Virus (WNV).
This study was carried out in response to a number of lethal
disease outbreaks in horses, which were primarily caused by VEV,
but also WNV and EEV. Arboviruses, which are transmitted to
horses and humans through blood-sucking mosquitoes, may cause
pyrexia, neurological disease and even death in both animals and
humans. |
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