Getah virus

Getah virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Alsuviricetes
Order: Martellivirales
Family: Togaviridae
Genus: Alphavirus
Species:
Getah virus
Synonyms[1]
  • Sagiyama virus
The first outbreak of Getah virus occurred in racehorses.

Getah virus is a mosquito-borne arbovirus in the Alphavirus genus. The virus was first isolated in Malaysia in 1955 from the Culex gelidus mosquito. It has been known to infect pigs but more commonly affects horses.[2] The virus was isolated near rubber plantations; the word Getah means rubber in Malay. The first outbreak among racehorses occurred in Japan September–November 1978.[2] Getah virus is widely distributed in South-east Asian countries and while previous studies have indicated the presence of Getah virus in Northern Australia[3] these have recently been brought into question.[4]

  1. ^ https://ictv.global/report/chapter/togaviridae/togaviridae/alphavirus November 2023
  2. ^ a b Nemoto M, Bannai H, Tsujimura K, Kobayashi M, Kikuchi T, Yamanaka T, Kondo T (2015). "Getah Virus Infection among Racehorses, Japan, 2014". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 21 (5): 883–5. doi:10.3201/eid2105.141975. PMC 4412242. PMID 25898181.
  3. ^ Zhai, You-gang (2008). "Complete sequence characterization of isolates of Getah virus (genus Alphavirus, family Togaviridae) from China". Journal of General Virology. 89 (Pt 6): 1446–1456. doi:10.1099/vir.0.83607-0. PMID 18474561.
  4. ^ Rawle DJ, Nguyen W, Dumenil T, Parry R, Warrilow D, Tang B; et al. (2020). "Sequencing of Historical Isolates, K-mer Mining and High Serological Cross-Reactivity with Ross River Virus Argue against the Presence of Getah Virus in Australia". Pathogens. 9 (10): 848. doi:10.3390/pathogens9100848. PMC 7650646. PMID 33081269.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)