title: Seroprevalence of five arboviruses in sentinel cattle as part of nationwide surveillance in South Korea, 2009-2012.
abstract: To investigate the possible circulation of arboviruses in South Korea, nationwide surveillance of five arbovirues was conducted in sentinel calves during 2009-2012. We used serum neutralization tests to investigate the presence of antibodies for the Aino virus, Akabane virus, bovine ephemeral fever virus, Chuzan virus and Ibaraki virus. In 2009, 2011 and 2012, the seropositive rates for these five arboviruses were all less than 14.1%. In 2010, however, the seropositive rates for Aino virus and Akabane virus were 33.2% and 40.2%, respectively. High seropositive rates were also associated with a large-scale outbreak of Akabane viral encephalomyelitis in cattle in southern Korea in 2010. Continued seroprevalence surveillance will be useful for monitoring natural arboviral diseases.
authors.affiliation: Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, MAFRA, Anyang 430-757, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yeon-Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae-Ku
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Oem
authors.forename: Eun-Yong
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Koung-Ki
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seong-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myoung-Heon
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Se Chang
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001102:Arbovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D001103:Arboviruses / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013997:Time Factors