| Literature DB >> 30054993 |
Juan Mena1,2, Bárbara Brito1,3, Ruben Moreira4,5, Tamara Tadich1, Igor González1, Jaime Cruces6, Rene Ortega6, Harm van Bakel7, Raveen Rathnasinghe8, José Pizarro-Lucero1, Rafael Medina7,8,9, Víctor Neira1.
Abstract
A new outbreak of equine Influenza A virus (IAV) was reported in Chile in January 2018, 6 years after its last report in 2012. Equine IAV was detected by rtRT-PCR, followed by virus isolation and full genome sequencing. Genetic characterization of equine IAV classified the virus within clade 1 of the Florida sublineage. Although this is the same sublineage that caused an outbreak in Chile in 2012, the virus has a high similarity to other cocirculating viruses that were recently identified in Europe and Asia. The Chilean 2018 equine influenza (EI) outbreak was caused by an H3N8 strain circulating globally that spread through horse movements.Entities:
Keywords: IAV; South America; equine influenza virus; outbreak; phylogeny
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Year: 2018 PMID： 30054993 DOI： 10.1111/tbed.12984
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Transbound Emerg Dis ISSN： 1865-1674 Impact factor: 5.005