Lineage 2 West Nile virus as cause of fatal neurologic disease in horses, South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 877-884

  Venter, Marietjie ^a,b,i   Human, Stacey ^a   Zaayman, Dewald ^a   Gerdes, Gertruida H ^c   Williams, June ^a   Steyl, Johan ^a   Leman, Patricia A ^d   Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz ^d   Setzkorn, Hildegard ^e   Rous, Gavin ^f   Murray, Sue ^g   Parker, Rissa ^h   Donnellan, Cynthia ^a   Swanepoel, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^e Chartwell Equine Clinic   (South Africa)

^f Karoo Veterinary Clinic   (South Africa)

^g Witbos Clinic   (South Africa)

^h Glen Austin Equine Clinic   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE; MIXED INFECTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 67449106478     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1506.081515     Document Type: Article

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