University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Aug;17(8):1534-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1708.101794.
In 2010, lineage 1 West Nile virus was detected in South Africa in the brain of a pregnant mare that succumbed to neurologic disease and in her aborted fetus, suggesting an association with abortion in horses. All West Nile virus strains previously detected in horses and humans in South Africa were lineage 2.
2010 年,南非从死于神经疾病的妊娠母马及其流产胎儿的脑组织中检测到 1 型西尼罗河病毒,表明该病毒与马流产有关。此前在南非马和人群中检测到的所有西尼罗河病毒株均为 2 型。