West Nile Virus in Farmed Crocodiles, Zambia, 2019

We detected West Nile virus (WNV) nucleic acid in crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in Zambia. Phylogenetically, the virus belonged to lineage 1a, which is predominant in the Northern Hemisphere. These data provide evidence that WNV is circulating in crocodiles in Africa and increases the risk for a...

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Autores principales: Simulundu, Edgar, Ndashe, Kunda, Chambaro, Herman M., Squarre, David, Reilly, Paul Michael, Chitanga, Simbarashe, Changula, Katendi, Mukubesa, Andrew N., Ndebe, Joseph, Tembo, John, Kapata, Nathan, Bates, Matthew, Sinkala, Yona, Hang’ombe, Bernard M., Nalubamba, King S., Kajihara, Masahiro, Sasaki, Michihito, Orba, Yasuko, Takada, Ayato, Sawa, Hirofumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32187004
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.190954

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32187004
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.190954

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