First identification and characterization of ovine gammaherpesvirus type 2 in horses and artiodactyla from an outbreak of malignant catarrhal fever in Mexico

Ovine gammaherpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2), a member of the genus Macavirus, causes sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever (SA-MCF), a fatal lymphoproliferative disease affecting a wide variety of ungulates in addition to horses. This study described an outbreak of SA-MCF in Mexico and the identification...

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Main Authors: Tania Lucia Madrigal-Valencia, Manuel Saavedra-Montañez, Armando Pérez-Torres, Jesús Hernández, Joaquim Segalés, Yesmín Domínguez Hernández, Irma Eugenia Candanosa-Aranda, Alfredo Pérez-Guiot, Humberto Ramírez-Mendoza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10473478/?tool=EBI