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African Horse Sickness

MedGen UID:
166
•Concept ID:
C0001748
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: African Horse Sicknesses; African Horsesickness; African Horsesicknesses; Equine Plague; Equine Plagues; Horse Sickness, African; Horse Sicknesses, African; Horsesickness, African; Horsesicknesses, African; Plague, Equine; Plagues, Equine; Sickness, African Horse; Sicknesses, African Horse

Definition

An insect-borne reovirus infection of horses, mules and donkeys in Africa and the Middle East; characterized by pulmonary edema, cardiac involvement, and edema of the head and neck. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAfrican Horse Sickness

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The seroprevalence of African horse sickness virus, and risk factors to exposure, in domestic dogs in Tshwane, South Africa.
Hanekom J, Lubisi BA, Leisewitz A, Guthrie A, Fosgate GT
Prev Vet Med 2023 Apr;213:105868. Epub 2023 Feb 2 doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105868. PMID: 36739812
Phylogenetic Characterization of the Palyam Serogroup Orbiviruses.
Ebersohn K, Coetzee P, Snyman LP, Swanepoel R, Venter EH
Viruses 2019 May 16;11(5) doi: 10.3390/v11050446. PMID: 31100884Free PMC Article
Outbreak investigation and molecular characterization of African horse sickness virus circulating in selected areas of Ethiopia.
Ayelet G, Derso S, Jenberie S, Tigre W, Aklilu N, Gelaye E, Asmare K
Acta Trop 2013 Aug;127(2):91-6. Epub 2013 Apr 6 doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.03.018. PMID: 23567554
Climate change: effects on culicoides--transmitted viruses and implications for the UK.
Wittmann EJ, Baylis M
Vet J 2000 Sep;160(2):107-17. doi: 10.1053/tvjl.2000.0470. PMID: 10985802
Taxonomy of African horse sickness viruses.
Calisher CH, Mertens PP
Arch Virol Suppl 1998;14:3-11. doi: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6823-3_1. PMID: 9785490

Diagnosis

Prioritization of livestock transboundary diseases in Belgium using a multicriteria decision analysis tool based on drivers of emergence.
Bianchini J, Humblet MF, Cargnel M, Van der Stede Y, Koenen F, de Clercq K, Saegerman C
Transbound Emerg Dis 2020 Jan;67(1):344-376. Epub 2019 Oct 9 doi: 10.1111/tbed.13356. PMID: 31520577Free PMC Article
Zoonotic and emerging orbivirus infections.
Attoui H, Mohd Jaafar F
Rev Sci Tech 2015 Aug;34(2):353-61. doi: 10.20506/rst.34.2.2362. PMID: 26601440
Analysis of murine B-cell epitopes on bluetongue virus 12 nonstructural protein 1.
HaiXiu W, EnCheng S, QingYuan X, Tao Y, Qin Z, YuFei F, JunPing L, Shuang L, Liang S, Jing S, DongLai W
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015 Feb;99(3):1309-21. Epub 2014 Oct 26 doi: 10.1007/s00253-014-6150-4. PMID: 25343975
The role of the OIE in information exchange and the control of animal diseases, including zoonoses.
Poissonnier C, Teissier M
Rev Sci Tech 2013 Aug;32(2):447-57, 433-45. PMID: 24547648
African horse sickness.
House JA
Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract 1993 Aug;9(2):355-64. doi: 10.1016/s0749-0739(17)30402-9. PMID: 8358648

Therapy

The seroprevalence of African horse sickness virus, and risk factors to exposure, in domestic dogs in Tshwane, South Africa.
Hanekom J, Lubisi BA, Leisewitz A, Guthrie A, Fosgate GT
Prev Vet Med 2023 Apr;213:105868. Epub 2023 Feb 2 doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105868. PMID: 36739812
Aggregation and distribution of strains in microparasites.
Lord CC, Barnard B, Day K, Hargrove JW, McNamara JJ, Paul RE, Trenholme K, Woolhouse ME
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1999 Apr 29;354(1384):799-807. doi: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0432. PMID: 10365405Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Pastoralism in the drylands of Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Peru.
Grünwaldt JM, Castellaro G, Flores ER, Morales-Nieto CR, Valdez-Cepeda RD, Guevera JC, Grünwaldt EG
Rev Sci Tech 2016 Nov;35(2):543-560. doi: 10.20506/rst.35.2.2526. PMID: 27917972
Challenges in predicting climate and environmental effects on vector-borne disease episystems in a changing world.
Tabachnick WJ
J Exp Biol 2010 Mar 15;213(6):946-54. doi: 10.1242/jeb.037564. PMID: 20190119
Potential arbovirus emergence and implications for the United Kingdom.
Gould EA, Higgs S, Buckley A, Gritsun TS
Emerg Infect Dis 2006 Apr;12(4):549-55. doi: 10.3201/eid1204.051010. PMID: 16704800Free PMC Article
Climatic and geographic influences on arboviral infections and vectors.
Mellor PS, Leake CJ
Rev Sci Tech 2000 Apr;19(1):41-54. doi: 10.20506/rst.19.1.1211. PMID: 11189725
Climate change: effects on culicoides--transmitted viruses and implications for the UK.
Wittmann EJ, Baylis M
Vet J 2000 Sep;160(2):107-17. doi: 10.1053/tvjl.2000.0470. PMID: 10985802

Clinical prediction guides

Pastoralism in the drylands of Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Peru.
Grünwaldt JM, Castellaro G, Flores ER, Morales-Nieto CR, Valdez-Cepeda RD, Guevera JC, Grünwaldt EG
Rev Sci Tech 2016 Nov;35(2):543-560. doi: 10.20506/rst.35.2.2526. PMID: 27917972
Outbreak investigation and molecular characterization of African horse sickness virus circulating in selected areas of Ethiopia.
Ayelet G, Derso S, Jenberie S, Tigre W, Aklilu N, Gelaye E, Asmare K
Acta Trop 2013 Aug;127(2):91-6. Epub 2013 Apr 6 doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.03.018. PMID: 23567554
Challenges in predicting climate and environmental effects on vector-borne disease episystems in a changing world.
Tabachnick WJ
J Exp Biol 2010 Mar 15;213(6):946-54. doi: 10.1242/jeb.037564. PMID: 20190119
Climatic and geographic influences on arboviral infections and vectors.
Mellor PS, Leake CJ
Rev Sci Tech 2000 Apr;19(1):41-54. doi: 10.20506/rst.19.1.1211. PMID: 11189725
Climate change: effects on culicoides--transmitted viruses and implications for the UK.
Wittmann EJ, Baylis M
Vet J 2000 Sep;160(2):107-17. doi: 10.1053/tvjl.2000.0470. PMID: 10985802

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