West Nile Virus in Farmed Crocodiles, Zambia, 2019

We detected West Nile virus (WNV) nucleic acid in crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in Zambia. Phylogenetically, the virus belonged to lineage la, which is predominant in the Northern Hemisphere. These data provide evidence that WNV is circulating in crocodiles in Africa and increases the risk for a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2020-04, Vol.26 (4), p.811-814
Hauptverfasser:	Simulundu, Edgar, Ndashe, Kunda, Chambaro, Herman M., Squarre, David, Reilly, Paul Michael, Chitanga, Simbarashe, Changula, Katendi, Mukubesa, Andrew N., Ndebe, Joseph, Tembo, John, Kapata, Nathan, Bates, Matthew, Sinkala, Yona, Hang'ombe, Bernard M., Nalubamba, King S., Kajihara, Masahiro, Sasaki, Michihito, Orba, Yasuko, Takada, Ayato, Sawa, Hirofumi
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Africa Alligators Antibodies Crocodiles Crocodylus niloticus Disease transmission Diseases Epidemics Epidemiology Family Flaviviridae Immunology Infections Infectious Diseases Life Sciences & Biomedicine Mosquitoes National parks Nervous system diseases Nucleic acids Pathogens Phylogenetics Public health R&D Reptiles Research & development Research Letter Science & Technology Snakes Veterinary medicine Viruses West Nile fever West Nile virus West Nile Virus in Farmed Crocodiles, Zambia, 2019 Zambia
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Zusammenfassung:	We detected West Nile virus (WNV) nucleic acid in crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in Zambia. Phylogenetically, the virus belonged to lineage la, which is predominant in the Northern Hemisphere. These data provide evidence that WNV is circulating in crocodiles in Africa and increases the risk for animal and human transmission.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2604.190954