Does BVD virus infect man?

Authors: Abraham G, Blackmore DK, Wilks CR
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 37, Issue 2, pp 86-87, Jun 1989
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cattle, Human, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Abdomen, Alimentary system/gastroenterology, Viral, Syndrome, Wasting disease/disorder, Infectious disease, Disease/defect, Public health, Zoonosis
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: Your readers may be interested in two letters which appeared recently in the Lancet concerning the possibility of human infection with bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) virus. Both letters reported serological studies in which human sera from occupational groups considered to be either at high or low risk of exposure to BVD virus, were tested for the presence of antibodies to BVD virus. In the first study, enzyme linked immunosorbent assays were used to test 31 sera from high risk individuals (animal handlers or veterinarians) and 21 considered to be at low risk (rare contact with susceptible animals). Depending on the particular strain of virus used in the test, up to 87% of the samples from the high risk group gave positive reactions, compared with a maximum of 25% of those from the low risk group. BVD virus and the closely related border disease virus frequently infect cattle and sheep respectively in .New Zealand…

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