Prevalence of antibodies to tickborne encephalitis and West Nile flaviviruses and the clinical signs of tickborne encephalitis in dogs in the Czech Republic
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
11200400
DOI
10.1136/vr.148.1.17
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Antigens, Protozoan MeSH
- Encephalitis, Tick-Borne diagnosis immunology veterinary MeSH
- Dog Diseases virology MeSH
- Antibodies, Viral analysis MeSH
- Dogs MeSH
- West Nile virus immunology MeSH
- Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne immunology MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Male MeSH
- Dogs MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Antigens, Protozoan MeSH
- Antibodies, Viral MeSH
- QF116 antigen, Plasmodium falciparum MeSH Browser
Blood sera from 151 dogs from areas of the Czech Republic endemic for human tickborne encephalitis (TBE) were examined for the presence of antibodies to TBE and West Nile (WN) flaviviruses by the haemagglutination-inhibition test Antibodies to TBE virus at titres equal to or exceeding 40 were found in five dogs. Antibodies to WN virus were detected in only one dog that also had a high antibody titre to TBE, suggesting this was a cross-reaction between the two closely related viruses. Three of the dogs (all rottweilers) with a TBE titre of 320 had clinical signs of meningoencephalitis or encephalitis. They all survived after treatment for the clinical signs. It was proved by seroconversion that the disease was caused by the TBE virus in one of these three dogs, and it seems very likely that the virus was responsible for the disease in the other two.
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