Study of equid herpesviruses 2 and 5 in Iceland with a type-specific polymerase chain reaction

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 605-611

  Torfason, Einar G ^a   Thorsteinsdóttir, Lilja ^b   Torsteinsdóttir, Sigurbjörg ^b   Svansson, Vilhjálmur ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

EHV 2; EHV 5; Equid; Gammaherpesvirus; Horse; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN GLYB; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FETUS; FOAL; GENE SEQUENCE; HERD; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS 5; HORSE DISEASE; ICELAND; INBRED STRAIN; INTESTINE INFECTION; KIDNEY CELL; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE LEVEL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HORSES; ICELAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RHADINOVIRUS; TRAVEL; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EQUID HERPESVIRUS 2; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 5; EQUIDAE;

EID: 51049116634     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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