First isolation of foot and mouth disease virus from wild boars in the Middle East

Sharon Karniely; Fares Hamed; Boris Gelman; Roni King; Nick Storm; Evgeny Eyngor; Boris Even Tov

doi:10.1111/tbed.13507

First isolation of foot and mouth disease virus from wild boars in the Middle East

Transbound Emerg Dis. 2020 Jul;67(4):1725-1729. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13507. Epub 2020 Feb 20.

Authors

Sharon Karniely¹, Fares Hamed², Boris Gelman¹, Roni King³, Nick Storm¹, Evgeny Eyngor¹, Boris Even Tov²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Virology, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Beit Dagan, Israel.
² Israeli Veterinary Services, Rosh Pina, Israel.
³ Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA), Jerusalem, Israel.

PMID: 32034998
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13507

Abstract

Domestic pigs are susceptible to foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) infection and suffer from severe clinical disease. Our knowledge on the clinical manifestations of FMD in and its transmission by wild boars (Sus scrofa) is very limited. During an FMD outbreak in the Golan Heights in 2018, wild boars grazing in close proximity to cattle were observed showing lameness. Infectious FMDV was isolated from throat and heart tissues of two young wild boars with FMD clinical signs. This is the first report of wild boars clinically infected with FMDV in the Middle East.

Keywords: foot and mouth disease virus; virus; wild boar; wildlife.

MeSH terms

Animals
Cattle
Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
Cattle Diseases / virology
Disease Outbreaks / veterinary
Disease Susceptibility / veterinary
Foot-and-Mouth Disease / epidemiology*
Foot-and-Mouth Disease / virology
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / isolation & purification*
Heart / virology
Middle East / epidemiology
Pharynx / virology
Sus scrofa / virology*
Swine

Associated data

GENBANK/KY412559
GENBANK/MT018548
GENBANK/MT018549
GENBANK/MT018550
GENBANK/MT018551
GENBANK/JX040485
GENBANK/JX040491