Fatal West Nile Virus Infection in Horse Returning to United Kingdom from Spain, 2022

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Schilling, Mirjam ; Dunkel, Bettina ; Floyd, Tobias ; Hicks, Daniel ; Nunez, Alex ; Steinbach, Falko ; Folly, Arran J. ; Johnson, Nicholas
• Description:
  We report fatal West Nile virus (WNV) infection in a 7-year-old mare returning to the United Kingdom from Spain. Case timeline and clustering of virus sequence with recent WNV isolates suggest that transmission occurred in Andalusía, Spain. Our findings highlight the importance of vaccination for horses traveling to WNV-endemic regions.
• Subjects:
  • Animals
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Female
  • Horses
  • West Nile Fever
• Keywords:
  • West Nile virus
  • WNV
  • zoonoses
  • equine
  • vector-borne infections
  • flavivirus
  • viruses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(2):396-398
• Pubmed ID:
  38270166
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10826763
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Spain ; United Kingdom
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/147349/cdc_147349_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 504.16 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4d67d899666fc7f00bc1d0df06f377074280cf366363dabe441a5872acd3cc79