Detection of equine herpesviruses in aborted foetuses by consensus PCR

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 20-29

  Leon A ^a,b   Fortier, G ^a   Fortier, C ^a   Freymuth, F ^b   Tapprest, J ^c   Leclercq, R ^b   Pronost, S ^a  

^a Frank Duncombe Laboratory   (France)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Abortion; Diagnosis; Herpesviruses; Horse; PCR

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HERPES VIRUS; HORSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STILLBIRTH; VARICELLOVIRUS;

EQUID HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 2; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 3; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 4; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 5; EQUIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 36549024849     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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