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SUBMITTER: Fukushi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3503125 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of virology 20121201 24
Equine herpesvirus type 9 (EHV-9), which we isolated from a case of epizootic encephalitis in a herd of Thomson's gazelles (Gazella thomsoni) in 1993, has been known to cause fatal encephalitis in Thomson's gazelle, giraffe, and polar bear in natural infections. Our previous report indicated that EHV-9 was similar to the equine pathogen equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1), which mainly causes abortion, respiratory infection, and equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy. We determined the genome sequ ...[more]