title: Detection and molecular characterization of Suid herpesvirus type 1 in Austrian wild boar and hunting dogs.
abstract: Aujeszky's disease (AD), caused by Suid herpesvirus type 1 (SuHV-1), is an economically important disease in domestic swine. Thus, rigorous control programmes have been implemented and consecutively AD in domestic swine was successfully eradicated in many countries, including Austria. However, SuHV-1 continues to thrive in wild boar populations, as indicated by high seroprevalences in a number of European countries and by occasional cases of AD in hunting dogs. For the first time, SuHV-1 was detected in Austrian wild boar and a molecular characterization of SuHV-1 isolated from wild boar and hunting dogs was performed. Results of preliminary serological analyses suggest a regional SuHV-1 seroprevalence of over 30% in free-living and almost 70% in fenced wild boar from Eastern Austria. Molecular typing of Austrian SuHV-1 isolates of wild boar origin revealed the presence of two genetically distinct variants of SuHV-1, both capable of infecting dogs that have been exposed to infected wild boar during hunting.
authors.affiliation: AGES Institute for Veterinary Disease Control Mödling, Robert Koch Gasse 17, A-2340 Mödling, Austria. adolf.steinrigl@ages.at
authors.forename: Adolf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steinrigl
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Revilla-Fernández
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kolodziejek
authors.forename: Eveline
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wodak
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bagó
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nowotny
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schmoll
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Köfer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001317:Austria; D004285:Dogs / Q000821:virology*; D011558:Herpesvirus 1, Suid / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011557:Pseudorabies / Q000821:virology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000821:virology*; D013552:Swine