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Comparison of West Nile Virus Disease in Humans and Horses: Exploiting Similarities for Enhancing Syndromic
Erika R Schwarz1, Maureen T Long2
1Montana Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, MT Department of Livestock, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA.
Abstract:
West Nile virus (WNV) neuroinvasive disease threatens the health and well-being of horses and humans worldwide. Disease in horses and humans is remarkably similar. The occurrence of WNV disease in these mammalian hosts has geographic overlap with shared macroscale and microscale drivers of risk. Importantly, intrahost virus dynamics, the evolution of the antibody response, and clinicopathology are similar. The goal of this review is to provide a comparison of WNV infection in humans and horses and to identify similarities that can be exploited to enhance surveillance methods for the early detection of WNV neuroinvasive disease.

