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. 2021 Nov 18;11(11):3298.
doi: 10.3390/ani11113298.

Aujeszky's Disease in South-Italian Wild Boars (Sus scrofa): A Serological Survey

Gianmarco Ferrara  1 , Consiglia Longobardi  2 , Filomena D'Ambrosi  1 , Maria Grazia Amoroso  3 , Nicola D'Alessio  3 , Sara Damiano  1 , Roberto Ciarcia  1 , Valentina Iovane  4 , Giuseppe Iovane  1 , Ugo Pagnini  1 , Serena Montagnaro  1
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Aujeszky's Disease in South-Italian Wild Boars (Sus scrofa): A Serological Survey

Gianmarco Ferrara et al. Animals (Basel). .

Abstract

Aujeszky's disease (AD, pseudorabies) is a viral disease of suids caused by Suid Herpesvirus 1 (SHV-1) also referred as Aujeszky's disease virus (ADV) or Pseudorabies virus (ADV). Domestic pig and Wild boar (Sus scrofa) are the natural host, but many species can be infected with ADV. The aim of our study was to evaluate seroprevalence of AD in wild boar hunted in the Campania Region, during the 2016-2017 hunting season. A total of 503 serum samples from wild boars hunted in the provinces of Campania Region (Southern Italy) were collected and were tested for antibody against ADV using an AD, blocking ELISA assay. A Seroprevalence of 23.85% (120/503, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 20.15-27.55) was found. Gender was not significantly associated with of ADV seropositivity (p > 0.05), while the presence of ADV antibodies was statistically associated with age (>36-month, p < 0.0001) and location (Avellino, p = 0.0161). Our prevalence values are like those obtained in 2010 in our laboratory (30.7%), demonstrating a constant circulation of ADV in the area.

Keywords: Aujeszky’s disease; ELISA; Southern Italy; serosurvey; wild boars.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Map of the Campania Region (Italy) showing the distribution of samples of Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) seropositive for Pseudorabies virus.
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