Spillover of pseudorabies virus variants to humans: an urgent call for pseudorabies eradication in domestic pigs - PubMed
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- #Zoonotic disease
- #One Health
- #Pseudorabies virus
- Pseudorabies virus (PRV), traditionally a veterinary pathogen, has emerged as a zoonotic agent causing severe human infections.
- Since 2017, novel PRV variants in China have breached species barriers, resulting in 31 confirmed human cases of encephalitis and endophthalmitis with high mortality and disability rates by 2023.
- The article calls for a coordinated One Health response to address this emerging public health threat.
- Eradication of PRV in domestic pigs through enhanced vaccination, biosecurity, and policy support is deemed feasible and essential.