Selim Abdelfattah, Radwan Ahmed, Arnaout Faysal
Department of Animal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt.
Department of Animal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt.
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 24;71:101473. doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2020.101473.
West Nile Virus (WNV) is a flavivirus, mosquito-borne infection and have public health importance worldwide. WNV infection have highly significant impact on animal and human health. The virus has been detected serologically in Egypt among equids. Therefore, the aim of the present study to investigate the serological situation of WNV among horse in north of Egypt and identification of WNV in vector. The serological survey was conducted on 500 serum samples that collected from horses from four governorates at north of Egypt. The infection rate was non-significant differed between four localities and the highest rate was reported in Qalyubia governorate (25.5 %) in comparison with other areas. Moreover, the WNV RNA was detected in mosquitoes and the obtained WNV sequence showed high similarity with Eg101 strain and characterized as lineage 1. The obtained findings confirm the circulation of WNV in mosquitoes and animals in Egypt.
西尼罗河病毒（WNV）是一种黄病毒，通过蚊子传播，在全球范围内对公共卫生具有重要意义。WNV感染对动物和人类健康有极其重大的影响。在埃及的马属动物中已通过血清学方法检测到该病毒。因此，本研究的目的是调查埃及北部马匹中WNV的血清学情况，并鉴定媒介中的WNV。对从埃及北部四个省份的马匹采集的500份血清样本进行了血清学调查。四个地区之间的感染率差异不显著，与其他地区相比，盖勒尤比省的感染率最高（25.5%）。此外，在蚊子中检测到了WNV RNA，获得的WNV序列与Eg101株高度相似，被鉴定为1型谱系。所获得的研究结果证实了WNV在埃及的蚊子和动物中传播。
