Nemoto Manabu, Bannai Hiroshi, Tsujimura Koji, Kobayashi Minoru, Kikuchi Takuya, Yamanaka Takashi, Kondo Takashi
Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 May;21(5):883-5. doi: 10.3201/eid2105.141975.
An outbreak of Getah virus infection occurred among racehorses in Japan during September and October 2014. Of 49 febrile horses tested by reverse transcription PCR, 25 were positive for Getah virus. Viruses detected in 2014 were phylogenetically different from the virus isolated in Japan in 1978.
2014年9月至10月期间,日本赛马中爆发了盖塔病毒感染疫情。在通过逆转录聚合酶链反应检测的49匹发热马匹中,有25匹盖塔病毒呈阳性。2014年检测到的病毒在系统发育上与1978年在日本分离出的病毒不同。