Equine Infectious Anemia - Equine Infectious Anemia

Japanese: 馬伝染性貧血 - うまでんせんせいひんけつ

A septicemic disease caused by a virus that infects horses, donkeys, mules, and other equids. There is an acute form accompanied by severe anemia and high fever, but the chronic form, which causes recurrent anemia and fever, is more common. It is incurable. It is one of the legally mandated infectious diseases of livestock, and sick horses are hunted down and slaughtered. Before the war, there were as many as 9,000 cases of the disease in Japan each year, but all were euthanized by law, and there are currently no cases in the country. The causative virus is thought to be closely related to the human AIDS virus, and it is considered an important disease model for AIDS.
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Japanese:

ウマ，ロバ，ラバなどウマ属がかかるウイルスによる敗血症性の病気。高度の貧血と高熱を伴う急性型もあるが，貧血と再帰性の発熱を繰り返す慢性型のほうが多い。不治。家畜法定伝染病の一つで，病馬は摘発屠殺(とさつ)される。戦前は日本で年間9000頭もの発生を数えたが法によりすべて殺処分され，現在のところ国内での発生はない。原因となるウイルスは人のエイズウイルスと近縁と考えられ，エイズの重要な疾患モデルとされる。
→関連項目ウイルス病

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