Volume 25, Number 12—December 2019
Dispatch
West Nile Virus in Wildlife and Nonequine Domestic Animals, South Africa, 2010–2018
Jumari Steyn, Elizabeth Botha, Voula I. Stivaktas, Peter Buss, Brianna R. Beechler, Jan G. Myburgh, Johan Steyl, June Williams, and Marietjie Venter
Table 1
West Nile virus detected in specimens from animals with neurologic disease or unexplained death using real-time reverse transcription PCR, South Africa, 2010–2018*
| Animal | Identifier | Origin of sample, province | No. positive/animal type (%) [95% CI] | Specimen testing positive | Co-infection (tissue source) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic bovid (Bos taurus) |
ZRU181/12/1† | Gauteng | 2/93 (2.2) [0.0–5.1] |
Brain blood |
MIDV (spleen) |
| ZRU176/14/2 |
Free State |
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| African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) |
ZRU161/18† |
Limpopo |
1/54 (1.9) [0.0–5.5] |
Lung |
MIDV (lung, blood) |
| Domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) |
ZRU358/17† |
Gauteng |
1/22 (4.6) [0.0–13.3] |
Brain, lung |
AHSV (brain, lung, spleen) |
| Fallow deer (Dama dama) |
ZRU174/14 |
Gauteng |
1/3 (33.3) [0.0–86.7] |
Blood |
|
| Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa) |
ZRU87/18† |
North West |
1/6 (9.1) [0.0–46.5] |
Lung |
SHUV (blood) |
| Domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) |
ZRU192/14 |
Gauteng |
1/11 (9.1) [0.0–26.1] |
Brain, spleen |
|
| Lion (Panthera leo) |
ZRU297/17† |
Mpumalanga |
1/9 (11.1) [0.0–31.2] |
Brain |
|
| Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) |
ZRU159/18† |
Gauteng |
1/45 (2.2) [0.0–6.6] |
Spleen |
|
| Roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) |
ZRU061/16/2† | Free State | 2/28 (7.1) [0.0–16.7] |
Lung | |
| ZRU165/16 |
Limpopo |
Lung |
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| Wildlife |
6/361 (1.6) [0.3–2.9] |
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| Domestic animals |
5/196 (2.6) [0.3–4.8] |
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| Birds |
0/51 |
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| Total | 11/608 (1.8) [0.5–2.9] |
*Identifiers are ZRU laboratory number/year/sample number. AHSV, African horse sickness virus; MIDV, Middleburg virus; SHUV, Shuni virus; ZRU, Zoonosis Research Unit (now CVZ, Centre for Viral Zoonoses).
†Sequence data available.
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