Prevalence of equine herpesvirus-1 infection among Thoroughbreds residing on a farm on which the virus was endemic

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 577-580

  Brown, James A ^a   Mapes, Samantha ^a   Ball, Barry A ^a   Hodder, Aaron D J ^a   Liu, Irwin K M ^a   Pusterla, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERINARY ABORTION; VIROLOGY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, EQUID; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 34547868813     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.4.577     Document Type: Article

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