SURVEY ON ANTIBODY TO GETAH VIRUS IN HORSES IN JAPAN

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 20  (2) , 39-43
Abstract
A seroepidemiological survey was performed on antibody against Getah virus in horses of Japan by the complement fixation test. The positive rate was 35 and 53% in 2 areas where an outbreak of the infectious disease was reported. it was 3.3-24.2% in other areas, except in certain prefectures of the Kyushu district where a high positive rate was observed. In the Hokkaido district, the northermost part of Japan, no reactors were found in horses under 6 yr old, unlike in other districts. Getah virus infection might have already been prevalent among horses in Japan before the outbreak of the disease in 1978. The antibody detected might have been produced by some virus which was antigenically related to Getah virus.

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