Identification of equine herpesviruses 1 and 4 by polymerase chain reaction

doi:10.1111/j.1751-0813.2001.tb10751.x

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Identification of equine herpesviruses 1 and 4 by polymerase chain reaction

1 Aug 2001

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OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate specific, sensitive and rapid (< 8 hour) diagnostic tests using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the diagnosis of abortion and respiratory disease caused by equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV1; equine abortion virus) and EHV4 (equine rhinopneumonitis virus). DESIGN: Primer sets based on nucleotide sequences encoding glycoprotein H (gH) of EHV1 and gB of EHV4 were designed and used in...

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