Sindbis and Middelburg Old World Alphaviruses Associated with Neurologic Disease in Horses, South Africa

Old World alphaviruses were identified in 52 of 623 horses with febrile or neurologic disease in South Africa. Five of 8 Sindbis virus infections were mild; 2 of 3 fatal cases involved co-infections. Of 44 Middelburg virus infections, 28 caused neurologic disease; 12 were fatal. Middelburg virus lik...

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Autores principales: van Niekerk, Stephanie, Human, Stacey, Williams, June, van Wilpe, Erna, Pretorius, Marthi, Swanepoel, Robert, Venter, Marietjie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26583836
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.150132
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author van Niekerk, Stephanie
Human, Stacey
Williams, June
van Wilpe, Erna
Pretorius, Marthi
Swanepoel, Robert
Venter, Marietjie
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description Old World alphaviruses were identified in 52 of 623 horses with febrile or neurologic disease in South Africa. Five of 8 Sindbis virus infections were mild; 2 of 3 fatal cases involved co-infections. Of 44 Middelburg virus infections, 28 caused neurologic disease; 12 were fatal. Middelburg virus likely has zoonotic potential.
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spelling pubmed-46724452015-12-08 Sindbis and Middelburg Old World Alphaviruses Associated with Neurologic Disease in Horses, South Africa van Niekerk, Stephanie Human, Stacey Williams, June van Wilpe, Erna Pretorius, Marthi Swanepoel, Robert Venter, Marietjie Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Old World alphaviruses were identified in 52 of 623 horses with febrile or neurologic disease in South Africa. Five of 8 Sindbis virus infections were mild; 2 of 3 fatal cases involved co-infections. Of 44 Middelburg virus infections, 28 caused neurologic disease; 12 were fatal. Middelburg virus likely has zoonotic potential. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4672445/ /pubmed/26583836 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.150132 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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van Niekerk, Stephanie
Human, Stacey
Williams, June
van Wilpe, Erna
Pretorius, Marthi
Swanepoel, Robert
Venter, Marietjie
Sindbis and Middelburg Old World Alphaviruses Associated with Neurologic Disease in Horses, South Africa
title Sindbis and Middelburg Old World Alphaviruses Associated with Neurologic Disease in Horses, South Africa
title_full Sindbis and Middelburg Old World Alphaviruses Associated with Neurologic Disease in Horses, South Africa
title_fullStr Sindbis and Middelburg Old World Alphaviruses Associated with Neurologic Disease in Horses, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Sindbis and Middelburg Old World Alphaviruses Associated with Neurologic Disease in Horses, South Africa
title_short Sindbis and Middelburg Old World Alphaviruses Associated with Neurologic Disease in Horses, South Africa
title_sort sindbis and middelburg old world alphaviruses associated with neurologic disease in horses, south africa
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26583836
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.150132
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