Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Mare with West Nile virus had abortion and brain disease
By Venter, Marietjie et al.Ā·Published in Emerging infectious diseasesĀ·2011Ā·University of PretoriaĀ·View original on PubMed ā
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Original publication title: Fatal neurologic disease and abortion in mare infected with lineage 1 West Nile virus, South Africa.
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
In 2010, a pregnant horse in South Africa became very sick due to a type of West Nile virus called lineage 1, which was found in her brain. Sadly, she passed away from this neurological disease, and her fetus was also aborted. This case suggests that this particular strain of the virus may be linked to abortion in horses, which is important to note since previous cases in South Africa involved a different strain, lineage 2.
Abstract
In 2010, lineage 1 West Nile virus was detected in South Africa in the brain of a pregnant mare that succumbed to neurologic disease and in her aborted fetus, suggesting an association with abortion in horses. All West Nile virus strains previously detected in horses and humans in South Africa were lineage 2.
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