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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Durand, Benoit ; Chevalier, Véronique ; Pouillot, Régis ; Labie, Jacques ; Marendat, Ingrid ; ... More +
Durand, Benoit ; Chevalier, Véronique ; Pouillot, Régis ; Labie, Jacques ; Marendat, Ingrid ; Murgue, Bernadette ; Zeller, Hervé ; Zientara, Stéphan Less -
Description:
During late summer and autumn 2000, a West Nile fever outbreak in southern France resulted in 76 equine clinical cases; 21 horses died. We report the results of a large serosurvey of all equines within a 10-km radius of laboratory-confirmed cases. Blood samples were obtained from 5,107 equines, distributed in groups of 1 to 91 animals. West Nile virus immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibodies were found in 8.5% of animals (n=432). Forty-two percent of the IgG-positive animals were also IgM positive. Horses living in small groups were more affected than those in large groups. The results suggest that West Nile virus is not endemic in the affected area, the Camargue; rather, sporadic outbreaks are separated by long silent periods.
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Age Factors
Animals
Antibodies, Viral
Birds
Carrier State
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Health Surveys
Horse Diseases
Horses
Immunoglobulin G
Logistic Models
Male
Time Factors
West Nile Fever
West Nile Virus

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 8(8):777-782.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
France
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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