West Nile Virus in Wildlife and Nonequine Domestic Animals, South Africa, 2010-2018

Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Dec;25(12):2290-2294. doi: 10.3201/eid2512.190572.

Abstract

West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 is associated with neurologic disease in horses and humans in South Africa. Surveillance in wildlife and nonequine domestic species during 2010-2018 identified WNV in 11 (1.8%) of 608 animals with severe neurologic and fatal infections, highlighting susceptible hosts and risk for WNV epizootics in Africa.

Keywords: South Africa; WNV lineage 1; WNV lineage 2; West Nile virus; arboviruses; nonequine domestic animals; vector-borne infections; viruses; wildlife; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Animal Diseases / history
  • Animal Diseases / virology*
  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic*
  • Animals, Wild*
  • Geography, Medical
  • History, 21st Century
  • Phylogeny
  • Public Health Surveillance
  • South Africa / epidemiology
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / genetics
  • West Nile Fever / veterinary*
  • West Nile virus* / classification
  • West Nile virus* / genetics

Substances

  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins