West Nile virus lineage 2 in horses and other animals with neurologic disease, South Africa, 2008-2015

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Venter, Marietjie
Pretorius, Marthi Andréa
Fuller, James A.
Botha, Elizabeth
Rakgotho, Mpho
Stivaktas, Voula
Weyer, Camilla Theresa
Romito, Marco
Williams, June Heather

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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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 (0.5%, 1/206); 35% were fatal. Geographic correlation of horse cases with seropositive veterinarians suggests disease in horses can predict risk in humans.

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Horses, South Africa (SA), West Nile virus (WNV)

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Venter, M., Pretorius, M.A., Fuller, J.A. et al. 2017, 'West Nile virus lineage 2 in horses and other animals with neurologic disease, South Africa, 2008-2015', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 2060-2064.