நோய்த்தடுப்பு நுட்பங்கள் & தொற்று நோய்களின் இதழ்

Seroprevalence of Newly Discovered Duck Flavivirus in Farm Animals

Xiuli Ma, Bing Huang, Yufeng Li, Zhuoming Qin, Feng Li and Minxun Song

Seroprevalence of Newly Discovered Duck Flavivirus in Farm Animals

New flavivirus has recently emerged in domestic ducks in China. The virus, provisionally designated duck flavivirus (DFV), causes highly significant economic losses to duck industry in China as a result of reduction in duck meat and eggs. Little is known about the epidemiology of this new viral disease. In this study, we developed a fluorescence-based microneutralization assay to evaluate the seroprevalence of neutralizing antibodies to DFV in domestic farm animals as well as to assess antibody responses in ducks receiving an inactivated DFV vaccine.