Outbreak of African horse sickness in Thailand, 2020

African horse sickness was confirmed in horses in Thailand during March 2020. The virus was determined to belong to serotype 1 and is phylogenetically closely related to isolates from South Africa. This is the first incidence of African horse sickness occurring in Southeast Asia and of serotype 1 outside of Africa.

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