First report on identification and genetic characterization of Getah virus in wild boar in China.

ABSTRACT: Getah virus (GETV) is a mosquito-borne Alphavirus that causes fever, rash and oedema in horses, fever, anorexia and neurological symptoms as well as piglet diarrhea deaths and reproductive disorders in sows in blue foxes, and the endemic areas are expanding progressively, especially in Asia and Oceania. In order to study the current epidemiological status of GETV in wild boar herds and its genetic and evolutionary patterns, we conducted a survey and genomic analyses of GETV in pig herds. The results showed that 74.02% (57/77) of the samples tested (n = 77) were positive for GETV, with the highest positivity rate of 100% in visceral tissue samples from diarrheic piglets and aborted fetuses, and also for the first time, the presence of GETV was detected in milk and semen. The c

SUBMITTER: Huang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11995736 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature