Chuzan Virus in Yaks, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Dec;24(12):2371-2373. doi: 10.3201/eid2412.171414.

Abstract

We detected Chuzan virus (CHUV) in domestic yaks from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, western China, indicating CHUV probably has been transmitted to yaks in recent years. Awareness for CHUV surveillance and transmission and livestock health management in these special regions should be raised to avoid outbreaks and animal loss.

Keywords: CHUV; China; Chuzan virus; Orbivirus; Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau; Reoviridae; viruses; yak.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cattle Diseases / virology*
  • China / epidemiology
  • Genes, Viral
  • Genome, Viral
  • Geography, Medical
  • Palyam Virus* / classification
  • Palyam Virus* / genetics
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral
  • Reoviridae Infections / veterinary*

Substances

  • RNA, Viral