Bagaza virus in Himalayan monal pheasants, South Africa, 2016–2017
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Steyn, Jumari
Botha, Elizabeth
Lourens, Carina W.
Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.
Venter, Marietjie
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
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 pheasants in Pretoria, South Africa. Our results suggest circulation of BAGV in South Africa.
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Bagaza virus (BAGV), South Africa (SA), Himalayan monal pheasant (Lophophorus impejanus)
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Steyn, J., Botha, E.M., Lourens, C. et al. 2019, 'Bagaza virus in Himalayan monal pheasants, South Africa, 2016–2017', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 2299-2302.