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Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
Dispatch

Shuni Virus in Wildlife and Nonequine Domestic Animals, South Africa

Jumari Steyn, Pebetsi Motlou, Charmaine van Eeden, Marthi Pretorius, Voula I. Stivaktas, June Williams, Louwtjie P. Snyman, Peter E. Buss, Brianna Beechler, Anna Jolles, Eva Perez-Martin, Jan G. Myburgh, Johan Steyl, and Marietjie VenterComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Pretoria Faculty of Health, Pretoria, South Africa (J. Steyn, P. Motlou, C. van Eeden, M. Pretorius, V.I. Stivaktas, M. Venter); University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science, Pretoria (J. Williams, J.G. Myburgh, J. Steyl); Durban Natural Science Museum, Durban, South Africa (L.P. Snyman); South African National Parks, Kruger National Park, South Africa (P.E. Buss); Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA (B. Beechler, A. Jolles); The Pirbright Institute, Woking, UK (E. Perez-Martin)

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Table 2

Clinical signs reported in wildlife, nonequine domestic animals, and birds upon submission to the Centre for Viral Zoonoses, South Africa, 2010–2018*

Sign SHUV positive (%), n = 12 SHUV negative (%), n = 496 Odds ratio (95% CI) p value†
Neurologic signs 11 (91.7) 415 (83.7) 1.8 (0.2–14.4) 0.9
Ataxia 2 (16.7) 102 (20.6) 0.8 (0.2–3.5) 1
Paralysis 3 (25.0) 61 (12.3) 2.3 (0.6–8.8) 0.4
Quadriparesis 8 (66.7) 112 (22.6) 6.7 (2.0–22.5) <0.05
Recumbence 2 (16.7) 103 (20.8) 0.7 (0.2–3.4) 1
Pyrexia 2 (16.7) 44 (8.9) 2.0 (0.4–9.4) 0.7
Respiratory/dyspnea 2 (16.7) 79 (15.9) 1.0 (0.2–4.8) 1
Hemorrhage 1 (8.3) 10 (2.0) 4.3 (0.5–36.7) 0.6
Congenital deformities
 0
 7 (1.4)
 Undefined
 1
Outcomes n = 15 n = 593
SUD 3 (20.0) 74 (12.5) 1.8 (0.5–6.4) 0.6
Abortion 0 24 (4.1) Undetermined 1
Stillbirth 0 16 (6.7) Undetermined 1

*SHUV, Shuni virus; SUD, sudden unexpected death.
†p values <0.05 are regarded as significant.

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