A Review of the Vector Status of North American Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for Bluetongue Virus, Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, and Other Arboviruses of Concern. [PDF]
Curr Trop Med Rep, 2022 Purpose of Review Culicoides biting midges transmit several pathogens of veterinary importance in North America, but the vector status of many midge species is unresolved.
McGregor BL, Shults PT, McDermott EG.
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Detection of Novel Orthobunyavirus Reassortants in Fatal Neurologic Case in Horse and Culicoides Biting Midges, South Africa. [PDF]
Emerg Infect DisWe detected Shuni virus in horses and ovine fetuses and Shamonda virus in a caprine fetus in South Africa. We identified a Shuni/Shamonda virus reassortant in a horse and Shuni/Caimito, Shamonda/Caimito, and Shamonda/Sango virus reassortants in ...
Rakaki ME +3 more
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Antibodies against West Nile and Shuni Viruses in Veterinarians, South Africa. [PDF]
Emerg Infect Dis, 2014 To the Editor: Many arboviruses are zoonotic; humans acquire infection from the bites of arthropod vectors or through exposure to the tissues and body fluids of infected animals.
van Eeden C, Swanepoel R, Venter M.
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Malformations Caused by Shuni Virus in Ruminants, Israel, 2014-2015. [PDF]
Emerg Infect Dis, 2015 To the Editor: Viruses in the Simbu serogroup are arboviruses that cause abortion, stillbirth, and congenital abnormalities in domestic ruminants. Akabane virus (AKAV), Aino virus (AINV), and Schmallenberg virus are the most studied in this serogroup ...
Golender N +8 more
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Shuni virus as cause of neurologic disease in horses. [PDF]
Emerg Infect Dis, 2012 To determine which agents cause neurologic disease in horses, we conducted reverse transcription PCR on isolates from of a horse with encephalitis and 111 other horses with acute disease. Shuni virus was found in 7 horses, 5 of which had neurologic signs.
van Eeden C +6 more
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West Nile Virus in Wildlife and Nonequine Domestic Animals, South Africa, 2010-2018. [PDF]
Emerg Infect Dis, 2019 West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 is associated with neurologic disease in horses and humans in South Africa. Surveillance in wildlife and nonequine domestic species during 2010–2018 identified WNV in 11 (1.8%) of 608 animals with severe neurologic and ...
Steyn J +8 more
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Schmallenberg virus as possible ancestor of Shamonda virus. [PDF]
Emerg Infect Dis, 2012 Schmallenberg virus (SBV), an orthobunyavirus of the Simbu serogroup, recently emerged in Europe and has been suggested to be a Shamonda/Sathuperi virus reassortant.
Goller KV +4 more
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Annual (2023) taxonomic update of RNA-directed RNA polymerase-encoding negative-sense RNA viruses (realm <i>Riboviria</i>: kingdom <i>Orthornavirae</i>: phylum <i>Negarnaviricota</i>). [PDF]
J Gen Virol, 2023 In April 2023, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and emended.
Kuhn JH +186 more
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Mosquito-borne arboviruses of African origin: review of key viruses and vectors. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2018 Key aspects of 36 mosquito-borne arboviruses indigenous to Africa are summarized, including lesser or poorly-known viruses which, like Zika, may have the potential to escape current sylvatic cycling to achieve greater geographical distribution and ...
Braack L +4 more
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Shuni virus in Israel: Neurological disease and fatalities in cattle.
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2019 The insect-transmitted Shuni virus (SHUV) belongs to the Simbu serogroup of orthobunyaviruses and it is known to induce abortions, stillbirths and severe congenital malformations in ruminants and may cause neurological signs in infected horses.
N. Golender +8 more
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