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. 2020 Jul;26(7):1521–1525. doi: 10.3201/eid2607.190770

Table 1. Animals that tested positive for Shuni virus by real-time reverse transcription PCR, South Africa, 2010–2018*.

Animal type ID No. positive/ no. tested % Positive (95% CI) Province where submitted Positive specimen Clinical signs Co-infection
Domestic bovid
ZRU116/18
1/93
1.1 (0.0–3.1)
North West
Spleen
SUD

White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
MVA11/10 2/62 3.2 (0.0–7.6) Limpopo CNS Neurologic MIDV
ZRU137/18


Free State



Sable (Hippotragus niger)
ZRU419/17 2/50 4.0 (0.0–9.4) North West Spleen Hemorrhagic Theileriosis
ZRU121/18


Limpopo



Warthog (Phaecocherus africanus)
MVA35/10
1/15
6.7 (0.0–19.3)
Limpopo
CNS
Neurologic, respiratory

Buffalo (Syncerus caffra)
MVA43/10 4/54 7.4 (0.4–14.4) Limpopo CNS, whole blood Neurologic, respiratory
ZRU77/18 Limpopo
ZRU97/18 Limpopo
ZRU166/18


Limpopo



Monal (Lophophorus impejanus)
ZRU119/18
1/13
7.8 (0.0–22.2)
North West
CNS
SUD

Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
MVA08/10
1/12
8.3 (0.0–24.0)
Limpopo
CNS
Neurologic

Alpaca (Vicugna pacos)
ZRU172/18
1/10
10.0 (0.0–28–6)
Western Cape
CNS
Neurologic, respiratory

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
ZRU87/18
1/5
20 (0.0–55.0)
North West
Whole blood
SUD
WNV
Springbok (Antidorcus marsupialis)†
ZRU261/17/3
1/4
25.0 (0.0–67.4)
Gauteng
Spleen
Neurologic

Wildlife 12/361 3.3 (1.5–5.1)
Domestic animals 2/196 1.1 (0.0–2.5)
Avian

1/51
2.0 (0.0–5.8)




Total 15/608 2.5 (1.2–3.7)

*CNS, central nervous system; MIDV, Middelburg virus; SUD, sudden unexpected death; WNV, West Nile virus.
†Cluster with Sango virus.