Article
Molecular evolution and antigenic variation of European brown hare syndrome virus (EBHSV).
Virology - 1 Nov 2014
Lopes Ana M, Capucci Lorenzo, Gavier-Widén Dolores, Le Gall-Reculé Ghislaine, Brocchi Emiliana, Barbieri Ilaria, Quéméner Agnès, Le Pendu Jacques, Geoghegan Jemma L, Holmes Edward C, Esteves Pedro J, Abrantes Joana
Abstract excerpt
European brown hare syndrome virus (EBHSV) is the aetiological agent of European brown hare syndrome (EBHS), a disease affecting Lepus europaeus and Lepus timidus first diagnosed in Sweden in 1980. To characterize EBHSV evolution we studied hare samples collected in Sweden between 1982 and 2008. Our molecular clock dating is compatible with EBHSV emergence in the 1970s. Phylogenetic analysis revealed two...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
