Steyn, Jumari; Botha, Elizabeth; Lourens, Carina W.; Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Venter, Marietjie(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019-12)
Bagaza virus (BAGV) has not been reported in birds in South Africa since 1978. We used phylogenetic analysis and electron microscopy to identify BAGV as the likely etiology in neurologic disease and death in Himalayan monal ...
Steyn, Jumari; Botha, Elizabeth; Stivaktas, Voula; Buss, Peter Erik; Beechler, Brianna R.; Myburgh, Jan G.; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Williams, June Heather; Venter, Marietjie(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019-12)
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 ...
Venter, Marietjie; Pretorius, Marthi Andréa; Fuller, James A.; Botha, Elizabeth; Rakgotho, Mpho; Stivaktas, Voula; Weyer, Camilla Theresa; Romito, Marco; Williams, June Heather(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017-12)
During 2008–2015 in South Africa, we conducted West Nile virus surveillance in 1,407 animals with neurologic disease and identified mostly lineage 2 cases in horses (7.4%, 79/1,069), livestock (1.5%, 2/132), and wildlife ...
Steyn, Jumari; Fourie, Isabel; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Williams, June Heather; Stivaktas, Voula; Botha, Elizabeth; Van Niekerk, Stephanie; Venter, Marietjie; Reininghaus, V.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020-06)
Alphaviruses from Africa, such as Middelburg virus
(MIDV), and Sindbis virus (SINV), were detected in horses
with neurologic disease in South Africa, but their host
ranges remain unknown. We investigated the contribution
of ...
