Alongshan Virus Infection in Rangifer tarandus Reindeer, Northeastern China

We investigated Alongshan virus infection in reindeer in northeastern China. We found that 4.8% of the animals were viral RNA–positive, 33.3% tested positive for IgG, and 19.1% displayed neutralizing antibodies. These findings suggest reindeer could serve as sentinel animal species for the epidemiol...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Wenbo Xu, Wei Wang, Liang Li, Nan Li, Ziyan Liu, Lihe Che, Guanyu Wang, Kaiyu Zhang, Xianmin Feng, Wen-Jing Wang, Quan Liu, Zedong Wang
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2024
Subjects:
viruses
vector-borne infections
Alongshan virus
reindeer
Rangifer tarandus
infection
Medicine
R
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3007.231219
https://doaj.org/article/d06c214d36e34bb48c25bae1707987e1
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Summary:We investigated Alongshan virus infection in reindeer in northeastern China. We found that 4.8% of the animals were viral RNA–positive, 33.3% tested positive for IgG, and 19.1% displayed neutralizing antibodies. These findings suggest reindeer could serve as sentinel animal species for the epidemiologic surveillance of Alongshan virus infection.

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