Zeitschriftenaufsatz | 2016

Chronic West Nile virus infection in kea (Nestor notabilis)

Autor:in

Bakonyi, Tamas; Gajdon, Gyula K.; Schwing, Raoul; Vogl, Wolfgang; Habich, A.; Thaller, D.; Weissenboeck, Herbert; Rudolf, Ivo; Hubalek, Zdenek; Nowotny, Norbert

Publikationen als Autor:in / Herausgeber:in der Vetmeduni

Weissenböck, Herbert; Thaller, Denise; Schwing, Raoul; Vogl, Wolfgang

Journal

Veterinary Microbiology

Abstrakt

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. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Schlagwörter

West Nile virus; WNV; Lineage 2; Kea; Nestor notabilis; Psittaciformes; Persistent infection; Austria

Dokumententyp

Originalarbeit

ISSN/eISSN

0378-1135 - 1873-2542

DOI

10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.12.012

WoS ID

WOS:000370105900019

PubMed ID

MEDLINE:26790946

Projekt

Biology and control of vector-borne infections in europe; EuroWestNile-European West Nile collaborative research project

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