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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
West Nile virus
There has been a recent explosion in interest in this virus following its introduction and extraordinary spread throughout northern America. West Nile Virus is highly endemic in South Africa, but surveillance is very poor. The development of highly sensitive serological tests for WNV that can be safely produced on large scale will be of great value for diagnosis and surveillance of WNV activity in South Africa and elsewhere. Such tests may be used to answer important epidemiological questions regarding WNV associated morbidity in humans, ostrich chicks and horses and the association with neurological disease in South Africa.
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