Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Tirana, Tirana, Albania.
Transbound Emerg Dis. 2013 Nov;60 Suppl 2:45-50. doi: 10.1111/tbed.12141.
Serum samples collected from 167 equines of 12 districts in Albania were tested for West Nile virus-specific antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and virus neutralization assay, using WNV lineage 1 and 2. In addition, 95 bird serum samples from Albania and 29 horse samples from Kosovo were tested in ELISA. An overall seroprevalence rate of 22% was found in horses from Albania, whereas no specific antibodies were found in the equine samples from Kosovo and the bird samples. This is the first report indicating WNV infections in animals in Albania, and the first reported seroprevalence study conducted for Kosovo. These results provide evidence for widespread infections of WNV in Albania.
对来自阿尔巴尼亚 12 个地区的 167 匹马的血清样本进行了西尼罗河病毒特异性抗体的酶联免疫吸附试验和中和试验，使用了WNV 谱系 1 和 2。此外，还对来自阿尔巴尼亚的 95 份鸟类血清样本和来自科索沃的 29 份马样本进行了 ELISA 检测。在来自阿尔巴尼亚的马中发现了总体血清阳性率为 22%，而在来自科索沃的马和鸟类样本中没有发现特异性抗体。这是首次在阿尔巴尼亚的动物中报告WNV 感染，也是首次对科索沃进行的血清阳性率研究。这些结果为 WNV 在阿尔巴尼亚的广泛感染提供了证据。
