Article
Divergent strains of EHV-1 in Swedish outbreaks during 2012 to 2021.
BMC veterinary research - 22 Jun 2024
Öhrmalm Johan, Cholleti Harindranath, Theelke Anna-Karin, Berg Mikael, Gröndahl Gittan
Abstract excerpt
Equid alphaherpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) is a ubiquitous and significant viral pathogen in horses worldwide, causing a range of conditions, including fever, respiratory disease, abortion in pregnant mares and the severe neurological disease called equine herpes myeloencephalopathy (EHM). Despite that EHV-1 is a notifiable animal disease in Sweden, there is limited knowledge about the circulating strains. This study aimed...
Topics
- Animals
- Horses
- Sweden
- Herpesvirus 1, Equid
- Horse Diseases
- Disease Outbreaks
- Herpesviridae Infections
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Viral
- Genotype
- Open Reading Frames
