Fatal neurologic disease and abortion in mare infected with lineage 1 West Nile virus, South Africa

dc.contributor.authorVenter, Marietjie
dc.contributor.authorHuman, Stacey
dc.contributor.authorVan Niekerk, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, June Heather
dc.contributor.authorVan Eeden, Charmaine
dc.contributor.authorFreeman, Frank
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-02T07:51:56Z
dc.date.available2011-09-02T07:51:56Z
dc.date.issued2011-08
dc.description.abstractIn 2010, lineage 1 West Nile virus was detected in South Africa in the brain of a pregnant mare that succumbed to neurologic disease and in her aborted fetus, suggesting an association with abortion in horses. All West Nile virus strains previously detected in horses and humans in South Africa were lineage 2.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by the National Research Foundation of South Africa.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.cdc.gov/eiden_US
dc.identifier.citationVenter, M, Human, S, Van Niekerk, S, Williams, J, Van Eeden, C & Freeman, F 2011, 'Fatal neurologic disease and abortion in mare infected with lineage 1 West Nile virus, South Africa', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 1534-1536.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1080-6059 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1080-6040 (print)
dc.identifier.other10.3201/eid1708.101794
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/17213
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCoordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Preventionen_US
dc.rightsCoordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Preventionen_US
dc.subjectFatal neurologic diseaseen_US
dc.subjectAbortion in a horseen_US
dc.subjectLineage 1 West Nile virusen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subject.lcshNervous system -- Diseases -- Researchen
dc.subject.lcshHorses -- Diseases -- Researchen
dc.subject.lcshWest Nile virus, lineage 1en
dc.titleFatal neurologic disease and abortion in mare infected with lineage 1 West Nile virus, South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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