TY - JOUR
T1 - Chronic West Nile virus infection in kea (Nestor notabilis)
AU - Bakonyi, Tamás
AU - Gajdon, Gyula K.
AU - Schwing, Raoul
AU - Vogl, Wolfgang
AU - Häbich, Annett Carolin
AU - Thaller, Denise
AU - Weissenböck, Herbert
AU - Rudolf, Ivo
AU - Hubálek, Zdenek
AU - Nowotny, Norbert
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Austria
KW - Kea
KW - Lineage 2
KW - Nestor notabilis
KW - Persistent infection
KW - Psittaciformes
KW - West Nile virus
KW - WNV
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U2 - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.12.012
DO - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.12.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 26790946
AN - SCOPUS:84958824749
SN - 0378-1135
VL - 183
SP - 135
EP - 139
JO - Veterinary Microbiology
JF - Veterinary Microbiology
ER -