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

Angela M. Bosco-Lauth,Jessica R. Harmon,R. Ryan Lash,Sonja Weiss,Stanley A. Langevin,Harry M. Savage,Marvin S. Godsey,Kristen L. Burkhalter,J. Jeffrey Root,Thomas Gidlewski,William L. Nicholson,Aaron C. Brault,Nicholas Komar

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

2014

Angela M. Bosco-Lauth
Jessica R. Harmon
R. Ryan Lash
Sonja Weiss
Stanley A. Langevin
Harry M. Savage
Marvin S. Godsey
Kristen L. Burkhalter
J. Jeffrey Root
Thomas Gidlewski
William L. Nicholson
Aaron C. Brault
Nicholas Komar

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.

Keywords:

Flaviviridae
Virology
Wildlife
Biology
Virus
Flavivirus
Virginia opossum
Didelphis
West Nile virus
disease epidemiology

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