title: Antibodies to Schmallenberg virus in domestic livestock in Turkey.
abstract: This, partly retrospective study, was designed to determine the seroprevalence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV), a new Orthobunyavirus first reported in Germany in late 2011, in domestic ruminants from the Middle Black Sea, West, and Southeast regions of Turkey. An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to screen serum samples collected from slaughterhouse animals between 2006 and 2013. The overall seroprevalence was 335/1,362 (24.5 %) with 325/816 (39.8 %), 5/307 (1.6 %), 3/109 (2.8 %), and 2/130 (1.5 %) recorded in cattle, sheep, goats, and Anatolian water buffalo, respectively. This is the first study to demonstrate the presence of antibodies to SBV in Turkish ruminants; it indicates that cattle are more susceptible to infection than sheep, goats, or buffalo and that exposure of domestic ruminants to SBV in Turkey may have occurred up to 5 years prior to the first recorded outbreak of the disease in 2011.
authors: Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kirikkale University, 71451, Kirikkale, Turkey, kursatazkur@kku.edu.tr.
authors: Ahmet Kursat
authors: AK
authors: Azkur
authors: Harun
authors: H
authors: Albayrak
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Risvanli
authors: Zuleyha
authors: Z
authors: Pestil
authors: Emre
authors: E
authors: Ozan
authors: Oktay
authors: O
authors: Yılmaz
authors: Sukru
authors: S
authors: Tonbak
authors: Abdullah
authors: A
authors: Cavunt
authors: Hamza
authors: H
authors: Kadı
authors: Hasan Ceyhun
authors: HC
authors: Macun
authors: Duygu
authors: D
authors: Acar
authors: Erhan
authors: E
authors: Özenç
authors: Sidal
authors: S
authors: Alparslan
authors: Hakan
authors: H
authors: Bulut
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D016851:Orthobunyavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012418:Ruminants / Q000821:virology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
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