| west nile virus epidemic in horses, tuscany region, italy. | during the late summer of 1998, veterinary authorities in tuscany, italy, received reports of cases of neurologic disease among horses residing in a large wetland area located in the provinces of florence and pistoia. west nile virus was isolated from two of the six horses that died or were euthanized. a retrospective epidemiologic study identified 14 clinical neurologic cases that occurred from august 20 to october 6 (attack rate of 2.8%). a serologic survey conducted over a 700-km2 area in sta ... | 2002 | 12498650 |
| clinical and neuropathological features of west nile virus equine encephalomyelitis in italy. | west nile (wn) virus infection is a mosquito-borne flavivirosis endemic in africa and asia. clinical disease is usually rare and mild and only in a few cases the infection causes encephalomyelitis in horses, fever and meningoencephalitis in man. we report here the clinical and pathological findings in an epidemic of the disease involving 14 horses from tuscany, italy. all cases were observed from august to october 1998. affected horses showed ataxia, weakness paresis of the hindlimbs and, in 6 c ... | 2000 | 10661382 |