West Nile Virus in Wildlife and Nonequine Domestic Animals, South Africa, 2010–2018

West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 is associated with neurologic disease in horses and humans in South Africa. Surveillance in wildlife and nonequine domestic species during 2010–2018 identified WNV in 11 (1.8%) of 608 animals with severe neurologic and fatal infections, highlighting susceptible hosts...

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Autores principales: Steyn, Jumari, Botha, Elizabeth, Stivaktas, Voula I., Buss, Peter, Beechler, Brianna R., Myburgh, Jan G., Steyl, Johan, Williams, June, Venter, Marietjie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6874268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31742510
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.190572
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Sumario:West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 is associated with neurologic disease in horses and humans in South Africa. Surveillance in wildlife and nonequine domestic species during 2010–2018 identified WNV in 11 (1.8%) of 608 animals with severe neurologic and fatal infections, highlighting susceptible hosts and risk for WNV epizootics in Africa.

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