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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lamglait, Benjamin
• Lair, Stéphane

Titel

Fatal West Nile Virus Infection in a Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) with Pulmonary Lepidic-Predominant Adenocarcinoma

Ist Teil von

• Journal of wildlife diseases, 2019-10, Vol.55 (4), p.990-994

Ort / Verlag

United States: Wildlife Disease Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A fatal case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection was diagnosed based on histopathologic findings and the presence of WNV RNA by reverse transcription PCR in the affected organs in a Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in Quebec, Canada in 2017. Disease caused by WNV has not been described in a marsupial species.