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Selected Publication:
Type of publication:
Journal Article
Type of document:
Short Communication
Year:
2016
Authors:
Bakonyi, T; Gajdon, GK; Schwing, R; Vogl, W; Häbich, AC; Thaller, D; Weissenböck, H; Rudolf, I; Hubálek, Z; Nowotny, N
Title:
Chronic West Nile virus infection in kea (Nestor notabilis).
Source:
Vet Microbiol. 2016; 183:135-139
Authors Vetmeduni Vienna:
- University Clinic for Small Animals, Clinical Unit of Internal Medicine Small Animals
- Messerli Research Institute, Comparative Cognition
- Institute of Pathology
- Institute of Virology
- Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Unit of Ornithology
Vetmed Research Units
Project(s): Biology and control of vector-borne infections in europe
EuroWestNile-European West Nile collaborative research project
- Six kea (Nestor notabilis) in human care, naturally infected with West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 in Vienna, Austria, in 2008, developed mild to fatal neurological signs. WNV RNA persisted and the virus evolved in the birds' brains, as demonstrated by (phylo)genetic analyses of the complete viral genomes detected in kea euthanized between 2009 and 2014. WNV antibodies persisted in the birds, too. Chronic WNV infection in the brain might contribute to the circulation of the virus through oral transmission to predatory birds. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Abstract:
Keywords Pubmed: Animals
Animals, Zoo
Austria
Bird Diseasespathologyvirology
Brainpathologyvirology
Chronic Disease
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Genome, Viralgenetics
Male
Parrotsvirology
Phylogeny
West Nile Feverpathologyveterinaryvirology
West Nile virusclassificationisolation & purificationphysiology