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Volume 7, Number 4—August 2001
THEME ISSUE
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus

West Nile Outbreak in Horses in Southern France, 2000: The Return after 35 Years

Bernadette Murgue*Comments to Author , Séverine Murri*, Stephan Zientara†, Benoît Durand†, Jean-Paul Durand‡, and Hervé Zeller*
Author affiliations: *Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus et des Fièvres Hémorragiques Virales, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; †Agence Française d Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, Maisons-Alfort Cedex, France; ‡Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées, Marseille Armées, France

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Table

Clinical features of disease in 76 horses with confirmed or probable West Nile virus infection

Clinical signs No. of horses (%)
Fever (>38.5°C) 47 (62)
Ataxia 55 (72)
Paresis/paralysis 36 (47)
Tremor 7 (9)
Hyperesthesia 6 (8)
Grinding teeth 3 (4)
Abnormal behavior 2 (3)
Hepatitis 1

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