West Nile Virus Outbreak in Horses, Southern France, 2000: Results of a Serosurvey

West Nile Virus Outbreak in Horses, Southern France, 2000: Results of a Serosurvey

During late summer and autumn 2000, a West Nile fever outbreak in southern France resulted in 76 equine clinical cases; 21 horses died. We report the results of a large serosurvey of all equines within a 10-km radius of laboratory-confirmed cases. Blood samples were obtained from 5,107 equines, dist...

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Main Authors: Benoit Durand, Véronique Chevalier, Régis Pouillot, Jacques Labie, Ingrid Marendat, Bernadette Murgue, Hervé Zeller, Stéphan Zientara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
age factors
equidae
France
logistic regression
seroepidemiologic studies
West Nile Virus
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/8/01-0486_article

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