Equid herpesvirus type 1 activates platelets.

Equid herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) causes outbreaks of abortion and neurological disease in horses. One of the main causes of these clinical syndromes is thrombosis in placental and spinal cord vessels, however the mechanism for thrombus formation is unknown. Platelets form part of the thrombus and am...

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Main Authors: Tracy Stokol, Wee Ming Yeo, Deborah Burnett, Nicole DeAngelis, Teng Huang, Nikolaus Osterrieder, James Catalfamo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4407896?pdf=render