Shuni virus as cause of neurologic disease in horses

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 318-321

  van Eeden, Charmain ^a   Williams, June H ^a   Gerdes, Truuske G H ^b   van Wilpe, Erna ^a   Viljoen, Adrianne ^a   Swanepoel, Robert ^a   Venter, Marietjie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BUNYAVIRUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCEPHALITIS; HORSE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHUNI VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; VERO CELLS;

EID: 84863022031     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.111403     Document Type: Article

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