PRO/AH/EDR> Bagaza virus, birds – South Africa: (GT) 2016-2017, pheasant

Other Animal Disease — South Africa
Citation:
Steyn J, Botha EM, Lourens C, Coetzer JAW, Venter M: Detection of Bagaza virus in Himalayan monal pheasants, South Africa, 2016-2017. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Dec (ahead of print article) [accessed 9 Nov 2019]; 25(12). DOI: 10.3201/eid2512.190756. .
Abstract
Bagaza virus (BAGV) has not been reported in birds in South Africa since 1978. We used phylogenetic analysis and electron microscopy to identify BAGV as the likely etiology in neurologic disease and death in Himalayan monal