West Nile Virus in horses, sub-Saharan Africa.
To evaluate the presence and extension of West Nile virus where French soldiers are stationed in Africa, specific antibody prevalence was determined by using ELISA and Western blot. Among 245 horses living in close proximity to the soldiers, seroprevalence was particularly high in Chad (97%) and Senegal (92%).
Cabre
Olivier
O
Ecole du Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France. sertemarco.restco@orange.fr
Grandadam
Marc
M
Marié
Jean-Lou
JL
Gravier
Patrick
P
Prangé
Aurélie
A
Santinelli
Yan
Y
Rous
Vincent
V
Bourry
Olivier
O
Durand
Jean-Paul
JP
Tolou
Hugues
H
Davoust
Bernard
B
D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000662:veterinary; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D009500:Neutralization Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral