Outbreak of Western equine encephalitis virus infection associated with neurological disease in horses following a nearly 40-year intermission period in Argentina

Author:

Vissani Maria Aldana,Alamos Florencia,Tordoya Maria Silvia,Minatel Leonardo,Schammas Juan Manuel,Dus Santos María José,Trono Karina,Barrandeguy Maria E.,Balasuriya Udeni B.R.,Carossino Mariano

Abstract

ABSTRACTWestern equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) is a mosquito-borne arbovirus (genusAlphavirus, familyTogaviridae) that has reemerged in South America in late 2023 causing severe disease in both horses and humans after a nearly 40-year intermission period. We describe the virological, serological, pathological and molecular features of WEEV infection in horses during the 2023- 2024 outbreak in Argentina. WEEV-infected horses developed neurological signs with mild to severe encephalitis associated with minimal to abundant WEEV-infected cells as demonstrated by WEEV-specificin situhybridization. The distribution of viral RNA was multifocal with predominance within neuronal bodies, neuronal processes, and glial cells in the medulla oblongata and thalamic regions. Phylogenetic analysis of partial nsP4 sequences from three viral isolates obtained from three different provinces of Argentina support grouping with other temporally current WEEV strains from Uruguay and Brazil under a recently proposed novel lineage.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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