West Nile Virus Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa, September 2008–May 2009

We investigated West Nile virus (WNV) as a possible disease etiology in persons hospitalized in South Africa. Of 206 specimens tested, 36 had WNV neutralizing antibodies, significantly more than in similar earlier serosurveys. Seven probable acute WNV cases were identified, suggesting WNV may be ove...

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Autores principales: Zaayman, Dewald, Venter, Marietjie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3557887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23171668
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1812.111208
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description We investigated West Nile virus (WNV) as a possible disease etiology in persons hospitalized in South Africa. Of 206 specimens tested, 36 had WNV neutralizing antibodies, significantly more than in similar earlier serosurveys. Seven probable acute WNV cases were identified, suggesting WNV may be overlooked as an etiology of severe disease in South Africa.
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spelling pubmed-35578872013-02-04 West Nile Virus Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa, September 2008–May 2009 Zaayman, Dewald Venter, Marietjie Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We investigated West Nile virus (WNV) as a possible disease etiology in persons hospitalized in South Africa. Of 206 specimens tested, 36 had WNV neutralizing antibodies, significantly more than in similar earlier serosurveys. Seven probable acute WNV cases were identified, suggesting WNV may be overlooked as an etiology of severe disease in South Africa. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3557887/ /pubmed/23171668 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1812.111208 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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West Nile Virus Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa, September 2008–May 2009
title West Nile Virus Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa, September 2008–May 2009
title_full West Nile Virus Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa, September 2008–May 2009
title_fullStr West Nile Virus Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa, September 2008–May 2009
title_full_unstemmed West Nile Virus Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa, September 2008–May 2009
title_short West Nile Virus Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa, September 2008–May 2009
title_sort west nile virus neurologic disease in humans, south africa, september 2008–may 2009
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3557887/
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