Comparison of glycoprotein B (gB) variants of the elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) isolated from Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-21

  Fickel, J ^a   Lieckfeldt, D ^a   Richman, L K ^b   Streich, W J ^a   Hildebrandt, T B ^a   Pitra, C ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; EEHV transmission; Elephants; Herpesvirus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN B;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ASIA; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; GENE SEQUENCE; HERPES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; ELEPHANTS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 0037413293     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00264-X     Document Type: Article

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