title: Seroprevalence of Borna disease virus in domestic animals in Xinjiang, China.
abstract: To investigate the animals infected with Borna disease virus (BDV) in Xinjiang, China, we examined for BDV antibodies in the sera from groups of 20 horses, sheep and cattle, and from 165 wild rodents (18 species) by ELISA and immunoblot. The serological study disclosed the presence of antibodies to both BDV-p24 and -p40 in the horses (20%) and sheep (25%), whereas no apparent positive reaction was detected either in cattle or rodents. The results suggested that BDV is prevalent in horses and sheep in the district investigated.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582 Bunkyoudai-Midorimachi Ebetsu, 069-8501, Hokkaido, Japan. k-hagi@rakuno.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asakawa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oku
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikuta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001890:Borna Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001891:Borna disease virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002417:Cattle; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006736:Horses; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D012377:Rodentia; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral