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. 2020 Jul;32(4):585-588.
doi: 10.1177/1040638720934056. Epub 2020 Jun 18.

Seroprevalence of influenza D virus in bulls in Argentina

Ignacio J Alvarez  1   2   3   4   5   6 , Marcelo Fort  1   2   3   4   5   6 , Juan Pasucci  1   2   3   4   5   6 , Fabiana Moreno  1   2   3   4   5   6 , Hugo Gimenez  1   2   3   4   5   6 , Katarina Näslund  1   2   3   4   5   6 , Sara Hägglund  1   2   3   4   5   6 , Siamak Zohari  1   2   3   4   5   6 , Jean François Valarcher  1   2   3   4   5   6
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Seroprevalence of influenza D virus in bulls in Argentina

Ignacio J Alvarez et al. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

Influenza D virus (IDV) is considered a new agent involved in bovine respiratory disease (BRD). Based on seroprevalence studies or isolation from clinical samples, this virus has been detected on several continents and in several animal species, including cattle, pigs, camel, horses, and goats. We used an indirect in-house ELISA to detect anti-IDV antibodies in 165 serum samples from bulls on 116 farms in the province of La Pampa, Argentina. Eighty-five of 116 (73%) farms had at least 1 positive animal, and 112 of 165 (68%) of the analyzed samples were positive. There were no significant differences in the proportion of seropositive samples depending on the geographic region in which the samples were taken. Our results suggest that IDV infection is endemic in La Pampa; the clinical importance of IDV in Argentina remains to be investigated.

Keywords: cattle; influenza D virus; respiratory disease.

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Declaration of conflicting interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Geographic zones of La Pampa from which samples were collected from bulls to be tested for anti–influenza D virus antibodies.
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  • Letter to the Editor.
    Cong Y, Sun Y, Gong T, Li M, Zhao J. Cong Y, et al. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2020 Sep;32(5):633. doi: 10.1177/1040638720948695. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2020. PMID: 32909533 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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