Serological Survey of Bovine Coronavirus in Korea
Journal of Bacteriology and Virology
;
: 105-109, 2007.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-148591
ABSTRACT
Bovine coronavirus (BCoV) is a causative agent of entero-pathogenic diarrhea in young calves and winter dysentery (WD) in adult cattle. In this study, we conducted a nationwide sero-epidemiological survey of BCoV infection in Korea. In total, 3,029 bovine sera collected between October and December 2005 were screened for the presence of antibodies against BCoV using a hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test. Half (50.0%) of individual cattle tested were positive for BCoV. The regional distribution of the seroprevalence of positive HI antibodies was 55.7% (234/420) in Gyeonggi, 53.0% (316/596) in Jeonra, 51.9% (374/720) in Chungcheong, 48.5% (401/827) in Gyeongsang, 43.9% (79/180) in Jeju, and 38.1% (109/286) in Gangwon Province. Analyzing the distribution of HI titer according to the age of the cattle showed the highest BCoV seropositive rate in 5-year-old cattle, and the incidence of cattle with an HI antibody titer of 1160 or above was 12.1%.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Seroepidemiologic Studies
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Incidence
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Coronavirus, Bovine
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Diarrhea
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Dysentery
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Hemagglutination
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Korea
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Antibodies
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Bacteriology and Virology
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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