Novel Porcine Getah Virus from Diarrheal Piglets in Jiangxi Province, China: Prevalence, Genome Sequence, and Pathogenicity.

ABSTRACT: Getah virus (GETV) is a mosquito-borne virus belonging to the genus Alphavirus in the family Togaviridae. Its infection poses an increasing threat to animals and public health in China. In this study, an epidemiological survey of GETV on 46 pig farms in Jiangxi Province, China, was performed; GETV isolation and characterization were carried out, including a complete sequence determination and phylogenetic analysis; and pathogenicity of the GETV was experimentally investigated by inoculating newborn piglets with the isolated GETV strain. Epidemiological studies conducted on the organs of infected pigs, aborted piglets, and the blood of aborted sows sampled from pig farms in Jiangxi Province, China, demonstrated that 44 out of the 46 pig farms were positive for GETV, which is a

SUBMITTER: Lan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11503733 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature