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Alcelaphine Herpesvirus-1 (Malignant Catarrhal Fever Virus) in Wildebeest Placenta: Genetic Variation of ORF50 and A9.5 Alleles.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Lankester Felix, Lugelo Ahmed, Mnyambwa Nicholas, Ndabigaye Ahab, Keyyu Julius, Kazwala Rudovick, Grant Dawn M, Relf Valerie, Haig David M, Cleaveland Sarah, Russell George C
Abstract excerpt
Alcelaphine herpesvirus-1 (AlHV-1), a causative agent of malignant catarrhal fever in cattle, was detected in wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) placenta tissue for the first time. Although viral load was low, the finding of viral DNA in over 50% of 94 samples tested lends support to the possibil...
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