Molecular epidemiology and pathogenesis of ruminant herpesviruses including bovine, buffalo and caprine herpesviruses 1 and bovine encephalitis herpesvirus |
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| Authors: | F BRAKE M I STUDDERT |
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| Institution: | School of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052 |
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| Abstract: | Restriction endonuclease DNA fingerprints of herpesviruses isolated from 3 unrelated epidemics of bovine encephalitis are similar to each other and totally different from bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV1). Herpesviruses, antigenically related to BHV1, isolated from goats and buffalo have distinct DNA fingerprints. We propose that bovine encephalitis herpesvirus is prototypic of a new bovine herpesvirus type and that alpha herpes viruses from individual ruminant species are species specific. |
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