West Nile virus endemicity in horses a serosurvey study in Iasi county

Ludu Oșlobanu, Luanda-Elena; Ursachi, Ingrid-Ecaterina; Iftene, Denisa; Rățoi, Ioana-Alexandra; Anderco, Ștefania; Neghină, Diana

dc.contributor.author	Ludu Oșlobanu, Luanda-Elena
dc.contributor.author	Ursachi, Ingrid-Ecaterina
dc.contributor.author	Iftene, Denisa
dc.contributor.author	Rățoi, Ioana-Alexandra
dc.contributor.author	Anderco, Ștefania
dc.contributor.author	Neghină, Diana
dc.date.accessioned	2025-11-24T12:44:11Z
dc.date.available	2025-11-24T12:44:11Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.identifier.citation	Luanda Elena Oșlobanu, Ingrid Ecaterina Ursachi, Denisa Iftene (Belecciu), Ioana Rățoi, Stefania Anderco, Diana Neghină (Cibotariu). 2025. “West Nile virus endemicity in horses a serosurvey study in Iasi county”. Lucrări Științifice IULS Seria Medicină Veterinară 68 (2): 80-83. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61900/SPJVS.2025.02.16	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1454-7406
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.iuls.ro/xmlui/handle/20.500.12811/5979
dc.description.abstract	West Nile virus causes a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease of public health importance. It’s evolution trends in human population is clearly predicted by the seroconversion in horses. The study was carried out in Iași County, Romania and 180 horses were screened for the presence of antibodies against WNV using an IgG competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Of the 184 samples tested, 118 (64.13%) were positive for WNV antibodies. Our findings sustain the hypothesis that WNV is endemic in the County. Determination of the seroprevalence and risk factors that are associated with WNV in horses is essential for adoption of effective prevention strategies and sustain the need for public awareness.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	“Ion Ionescu de la Brad” Publishing House, Iași	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.subject	serosurvey	en_US
dc.subject	WNV	en_US
dc.subject	endemicity	en_US
dc.subject	Romania	en_US
dc.subject	Iasi County	en_US
dc.title	West Nile virus endemicity in horses a serosurvey study in Iasi county	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.author.affiliation	Luanda Elena Oșlobanu, Ingrid Ecaterina Ursachi, Denisa Iftene (Belecciu), Ioana Rățoi, Iasi University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Public Health Department, Regional Center of Advanced / Research for Emerging Diseases, Zoonoses and Food Safety (ROVETEMERG)
dc.author.affiliation	Stefania Anderco, Diana Neghină (Cibotariu), Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Laboratory Iași
dc.publicationName	Lucrări Științifice IULS Seria Medicină Veterinară
dc.volume	68
dc.issue	2
dc.publicationDate	2025
dc.startingPage	80
dc.endingPage	83
dc.identifier.eissn	2393-4603
dc.identifier.doi	10.61900/SPJVS.2025.02.16