Serosurvey of West Nile virus in horses and detection of West Nile virus antigen in mosquitoes in Kaduna State, Nigeria

West Nile virus (WNV) causes a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease of public health importance. The aim of this study was to determine the state of WNV infection in horses and detect the virus antigen in mosquitoes trapped in stables in Kaduna State Nigeria. The study was carried out in Kaduna State, Ni...

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Autores principales: ATADIOSE, Everest O., KABIR, Junaidu, ADAMU, Shuaibu G., UMOH, Jarlath U.
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Publicado: The Japanese Society of Equine Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7538258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33061786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1294/jes.31.61
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author ATADIOSE, Everest O.
KABIR, Junaidu
ADAMU, Shuaibu G.
UMOH, Jarlath U.
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description West Nile virus (WNV) causes a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease of public health importance. The aim of this study was to determine the state of WNV infection in horses and detect the virus antigen in mosquitoes trapped in stables in Kaduna State Nigeria. The study was carried out in Kaduna State, Nigeria, and 368 horses were screened for the presence of antibodies against WNV using an IgG competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Of the 368 samples tested, 331 (89.9%) were positive for WNV antibodies. Mosquitoes from the stables were tested for WNV antigen using a VectorTest kit, and of the 31 pools of adult mosquitoes tested, only 5 (16.1%) pools tested positive for WNV antigen. This finding showed that WNV infection has occurred in horses and that there is evidence of circulation of the virus by mosquitoes in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
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spelling pubmed-75382582020-10-13 Serosurvey of West Nile virus in horses and detection of West Nile virus antigen in mosquitoes in Kaduna State, Nigeria ATADIOSE, Everest O. KABIR, Junaidu ADAMU, Shuaibu G. UMOH, Jarlath U. J Equine Sci Note West Nile virus (WNV) causes a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease of public health importance. The aim of this study was to determine the state of WNV infection in horses and detect the virus antigen in mosquitoes trapped in stables in Kaduna State Nigeria. The study was carried out in Kaduna State, Nigeria, and 368 horses were screened for the presence of antibodies against WNV using an IgG competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Of the 368 samples tested, 331 (89.9%) were positive for WNV antibodies. Mosquitoes from the stables were tested for WNV antigen using a VectorTest kit, and of the 31 pools of adult mosquitoes tested, only 5 (16.1%) pools tested positive for WNV antigen. This finding showed that WNV infection has occurred in horses and that there is evidence of circulation of the virus by mosquitoes in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The Japanese Society of Equine Science 2020-10-05 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7538258/ /pubmed/33061786 http://dx.doi.org/10.1294/jes.31.61 Text en ©2020 The Japanese Society of Equine Science This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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ATADIOSE, Everest O.
KABIR, Junaidu
ADAMU, Shuaibu G.
UMOH, Jarlath U.
Serosurvey of West Nile virus in horses and detection of West Nile virus antigen in mosquitoes in Kaduna State, Nigeria
title Serosurvey of West Nile virus in horses and detection of West Nile virus antigen in mosquitoes in Kaduna State, Nigeria
title_full Serosurvey of West Nile virus in horses and detection of West Nile virus antigen in mosquitoes in Kaduna State, Nigeria
title_fullStr Serosurvey of West Nile virus in horses and detection of West Nile virus antigen in mosquitoes in Kaduna State, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Serosurvey of West Nile virus in horses and detection of West Nile virus antigen in mosquitoes in Kaduna State, Nigeria
title_short Serosurvey of West Nile virus in horses and detection of West Nile virus antigen in mosquitoes in Kaduna State, Nigeria
title_sort serosurvey of west nile virus in horses and detection of west nile virus antigen in mosquitoes in kaduna state, nigeria
topic Note
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7538258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33061786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1294/jes.31.61
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