Emerging infectious diseases · 2020 · 27 citations · 7 references
Life SciencesInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyMolecular VirologyVirologyZoonotic Disease EpidemiologyViral InfectionsViral ZoonosesVirus ClassificationWest Nile Virus InfectionZoonotic InfectionsZoonotic VirusesEmerging Zoonotic VirusesHuman-to-animal TransmissionReptile VirologyWest Nile Virus DiseaseWest Nile Virus EpidemiologyWest Nile Virus TransmissionZoonotic Animal VirusesZoonotic Viral Infections
We detected West Nile virus (WNV) nucleic acid in crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in Zambia. Phylogenetically, the virus belonged to lineage 1a, which is predominant in the Northern Hemisphere. These data provide evidence that WNV is circulating in crocodiles in Africa and increases the risk for animal and human transmission.
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Lineage 1 and 2 Strains of Encephalitic West Nile Virus, Central Europe
Tamás Bakonyi, Éva Ivánics, Károly Erdélyi et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 2006 · 477 citations · Full text