Best to vaccinate South African horses against West Nile Virus, say scientists

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Best to vaccinate South African horses against West Nile Virus, say scientists
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A micrograph of the West Nile Virus, appearing in yellow. Image: Cynthia Goldsmith, P.E. Rollin, USCDCP, public domain
Horse owners in South Africa are urged to vaccinate their animals against West Nile Virus after researchers examined the circumstances behind a surge in serious cases in 2016-2017.
West Nile virus (WNV) is endemic to South Africa, but became recognized as a significant cause of neurological disease in humans and horses in the country in only the past two decades, as it emerged globally.
Scientists Freude‐Marié Bertram, Peter Thompson and Marietjie Venter, in a study published in the journal

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