African Horse Sickness Virus Serotype 1 on Horse Farm, Thailand, 2020

Napawan Bunpapong; Kamonpan Charoenkul; Chanakarn Nasamran; Ekkapat Chamsai; Kitikhun Udom; Supanat Boonyapisitsopa; Rachod Tantilertcharoen; Sawang Kesdangsakonwut; Navapon Techakriengkrai; Sanipa Suradhat; Roongroje Thanawongnuwech; Alongkorn Amonsin

doi:10.3201/eid2708.210004

African Horse Sickness Virus Serotype 1 on Horse Farm, Thailand, 2020

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Aug;27(8):2208-2211. doi: 10.3201/eid2708.210004.

Authors

Napawan Bunpapong, Kamonpan Charoenkul, Chanakarn Nasamran, Ekkapat Chamsai, Kitikhun Udom, Supanat Boonyapisitsopa, Rachod Tantilertcharoen, Sawang Kesdangsakonwut, Navapon Techakriengkrai, Sanipa Suradhat, Roongroje Thanawongnuwech, Alongkorn Amonsin

Abstract

To investigate an outbreak of African horse sickness (AHS) on a horse farm in northeastern Thailand, we used whole-genome sequencing to detect and characterize the virus. The viruses belonged to serotype 1 and contained unique amino acids (95V,166S, 660I in virus capsid protein 2), suggesting a single virus introduction to Thailand.

Keywords: AHS; African horse sickness; Thailand; emergence; horses; outbreak; vector-borne infections; viruses.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

African Horse Sickness Virus* / genetics
African Horse Sickness* / epidemiology
Animals
Farms
Horses
Serogroup
Thailand / epidemiology