Authors:
Michelle Kutzler and Donald Mattson
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Date of Publication:
2004

Publication:
Alpacas Magazine, Spring 2004, pp. 192-195

Excerpt:
The first reports of WNV clinical disease in camelids occurred during the 2002 epizootic, which happened to be a particularly bad year for WNV in other species as well, accounting for 284 human deaths and countless bird and horse losses. Confirmation of camelid clinical neurologic disease resulting from WNV infection was made from post-mortem testing using immunohistochemistry and reverse- transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from cases in Ohio and Iowa, respectively.

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