A Brief Review on Vesicular Stomatitis
M. Rout*
ICAR-National Institute on Foot and Mouth Disease, International Centre for Foot and Mouth Disease, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (752 050), India
J.K. Mohapatra
ICAR-National Institute on Foot and Mouth Disease, International Centre for Foot and Mouth Disease, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (752 050), India
R.P. Singh
ICAR-National Institute on Foot and Mouth Disease, International Centre for Foot and Mouth Disease, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (752 050), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Cattle, Horse, Pig, Vesicular stomatitis virus
Abstract
Vesicular stomatitis (VS), the most common zoonotic vesicular disease affecting different animal species, is due to a bullet-shaped Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) that belongs to the Vesiculovirus genus in the Rhabdoviridae family. The disease looks clinically very similar to four different diseases, e.g., foot and mouth disease, vesicular exanthema of swine, swine vesicular disease and disease caused by Seneca Valley virus. Cattle, horse and pig are most severely affected. Humans get in frequently infected with VS through handling affected animals and exhibits flu-like symptoms. Though various ways of VSV transmission have been reported, transmission by direct contacts and vector are observed under natural field situations. Indirect sandwich ELISA, multiplex RT-PCR and real-time PCR platforms are efficient for concomitant detection of VSV and other look-a-like vesicular diseases. Despite the availability of vaccines against VSV, vector control and elimination are of paramount importance along with proper biosecurity measures however, should be in place for effective prevention and control of the disease.
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