West Nile Virus Infection in Killer Whale, Texas, USA, 2007

St. Leger, Judy; Wu, Guang; Anderson, Mark; Dalton, Les; Nilson, Erika; Wang, David

doi:10.3201/eid1708.101979

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West Nile Virus Infection in Killer Whale, Texas, USA, 2007

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Aug 2011
By St. Leger, Judy ; Wu, Guang ; Anderson, Mark ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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St. Leger, Judy ; Wu, Guang ; Anderson, Mark ; Dalton, Les ; Nilson, Erika ; Wang, David
Description:

In 2007, nonsuppurative encephalitis was identified in a killer whale at a Texas, USA, marine park. Panviral DNA microarray of brain tissue suggested West Nile virus (WNV); WNV was confirmed by reverse transcription PCR and sequencing. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated WNV antigen within neurons. WNV should be considered in cases of encephalitis in cetaceans.
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Animals Antigens, Viral Brain Encephalitis, Viral Fatal Outcome Immunohistochemistry Male Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Sequence Analysis, DNA West Nile Fever Whale, Killer
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 17(8):1531-1533.
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Journal Article
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U01 AI070374/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
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Texas
Volume:

17
Issue:

8
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:239c566893cf85a6a8da4250deb2100a0f4ae37490e41b2f413e0b68970c406d
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