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

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1534-1536

  Venter, Marietjie ^a,b   Human, Stacey ^a   Van Niekerk, Stephanie ^a   Williams, June ^a   van Eeden, Charmaine ^a   Freeman, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^c Ceres Veterinary Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COORDINATION DISORDER; FATALITY; FEMALE; FETUS; MARE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS DETECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SOUTH AFRICA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79960869487     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1708.101794     Document Type: Article

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