West Nile Virus Lineage 2 in Horses and Other Animals with Neurologic Disease, South Africa, 2008–2015
Marietjie Venter
, Marthi Pretorius, James A. Fuller, Elizabeth Botha, Mpho Rakgotho, Voula Stivaktas, Camilla Weyer, Marco Romito, and June Williams
Author affiliations: University of Pretoria Centre for Viral Zoonoses, Pretoria, South Africa (M. Venter, M. Pretorius, E. Botha, M. Rakgotho, V. Stivaktas, J. Williams); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Disease Detection Centre, Pretoria (M. Venter, J.A. Fuller); National Health Laboratory Service, Tshwane, South Africa (M. Pretorius); University of Pretoria Equine Research Centre, Pretoria (C. Weyer); Onderstepoort Veterinary Research, Onderstepoort, South Africa (M. Romito)
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Figure 1. Seasonal occurrence of WNV in horses, South Africa, 2008–2015. Rainfall levels are indicated as a potential correlate for increases in the prevalence of the WNV mosquito vector Culex univitattus. WNV, West Nile virus.
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