Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2024)

Alongshan Virus Infection in Rangifer tarandus Reindeer, Northeastern China

  • Wenbo Xu,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Liang Li,
  • Nan Li,
  • Ziyan Liu,
  • Lihe Che,
  • Guanyu Wang,
  • Kaiyu Zhang,
  • Xianmin Feng,
  • Wen-Jing Wang,
  • Quan Liu,
  • Zedong Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3007.231219
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 7
pp. 1434 – 1437

Abstract

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We investigated Alongshan virus infection in reindeer in northeastern China. We found that 4.8% of the animals were viral RNA–positive, 33.3% tested positive for IgG, and 19.1% displayed neutralizing antibodies. These findings suggest reindeer could serve as sentinel animal species for the epidemiologic surveillance of Alongshan virus infection.

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