Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2006)

West Nile Virus in Horses, sub-Saharan Africa

  • Olivier Cabre,
  • Marc Grandadam,
  • Jean-Lou Marié,
  • Patrick Gravier,
  • Aurélie Prangé,
  • Yan Santinelli,
  • Vincent Rous,
  • Olivier Bourry,
  • Jean-Paul Durand,
  • Hugues J. Tolou,
  • Bernard Davoust

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1212.060042
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 12
pp. 1958 – 1960

Abstract

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To evaluate the presence and extension of West Nile virus where French soldiers are stationed in Africa, specific antibody prevalence was determined by using ELISA and Western blot. Among 245 horses living in close proximity to the soldiers, seroprevalence was particularly high in Chad (97%) and Senegal (92%).

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