Abstract
In 2014, an outbreak of Getah virus (GETV) infection occurred in Japan in a horse population that was inoculated with a vaccine against GETV. In this study, we investigated the seroprevalence of GETV infection among wild boars in Japan. Interestingly, the highest rate of anti-GETV-positive wild boars was observed in 2013, which gradually decreased during 2014–2016. The results suggested that GETV spread among wild boars around 2012, resulting in the 2014 outbreak.
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This work was funded in part by Grants-in-Aid from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (201622017A), the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15H05262), and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (e-ASIA JRP, H28-shinkou-ippan-017).
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Kuwata, R., Shimoda, H., Phichitraslip, T. et al. Getah virus epizootic among wild boars in Japan around 2012. Arch Virol 163, 2817–2821 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-018-3897-4
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