West Nile Virus Isolated from a Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in Northwestern Missouri, USA, 2012

Authors

Angela Bosco-Lauth, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Fort CollinsFollow
Jessica R. Harmon, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Atlanta
R. Ryan Jash, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Atlanta
Sonja Weiss, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Atlanta
Stanley Langevin, Sandia National Laboratories
Harry M. Savage, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Fort Collins
Marvin S. Godsey Jr., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Fort Collins
Kristen Burkhalter, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Fort Collins
J. Jeffrey Root, USDA National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
Thomas Gidlewski, USDA National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
William L. Nicholson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Atlanta
Aaron C. Brault, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Fort Collins
Nicholas Komar, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Fort Collins

Date of this Version

2014

Citation

50(4), 2014, pp. 976–978

Comments

Copyright Wildlife Disease Association 2014

This document is a U.S. government work and is not subject to copyright in the United States

DOI: 10.7589/2013-11-295

Abstract

We describe the isolation of West Nile virus (WNV; Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) from blood of a Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) collected in northwestern Missouri, USA in August 2012. Sequencing determined that the virus was related to lineage 1a WNV02 strains. We discuss the role of wildlife in WNV disease epidemiology.