First detection of the equine herpesvirus 1 neuropathogenic variant in Brazil

Artículos de revistas

Date

2011-12-01

Registration in:

Revue Scientifique Et Technique-office International Des Epizooties. Paris: Office Int Epizooties, v. 30, n. 3, p. 949-954, 2011.

0253-1933

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/13742

WOS:000300462200027

9643433706163946

7921421161275992

http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/2526866

Author

Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Inst Biol

Institutions

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brasil)

Abstract

This report describes the first detection of an equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) neuropathogenic variant (G(2254)/D-752) in Brazil from a case of fatal equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM) in a mare. The results of nucleotide sequencing of the EHV-1 ORF30 gene showed that two other Brazilian EHV-1 isolates from EHM cases are representatives of the non-neuropathogenic variant (A(2254)/N-752), suggesting that other unidentified factors are probably also involved in the neuropathogenicity of EHV-1 in horses. These findings will contribute to the epidemiological knowledge of EHV-1 infection in Brazil.

Subjects

Brazil

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