title: Getah Virus Infection among Racehorses, Japan, 2014.
abstract: An outbreak of Getah virus infection occurred among racehorses in Japan during September and October 2014. Of 49 febrile horses tested by reverse transcription PCR, 25 were positive for Getah virus. Viruses detected in 2014 were phylogenetically different from the virus isolated in Japan in 1978.
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bannai
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsujimura
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D000524:Alphavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005814:Genes, Viral; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny
keywords: Alphavirus; Getah virus; Japan; horse; mosquitoes; outbreak; vaccine; vector-borne infections; viruses