title: Fatal neurologic disease and abortion in mare infected with lineage 1 West Nile virus, South Africa.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. marietjiev@nicd.ac.za
authors.forename: Marietjie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venter
authors.forename: Stacey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Human
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van Niekerk
authors.forename: June
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Charmaine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Eeden
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013019:South Africa; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral