Detection and management of an outbreak of equine herpesvirus type 1 infection and associated neurological disease in a Veterinary Teaching Hospital

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1176-1183

  Goehring, L S ^a   Landolt, G A ^a   Morley, P S ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine herpesvirus type 1 gG ELISA; Equine herpesvirus type 1 associated myelopathy; Herpesvirus; Horse; Nasal shedding; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VALACICLOVIR; VALINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPIDEMIC; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ACYCLOVIR; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COLORADO; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, EQUID; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; SCHOOLS, VETERINARY; VALINE;

ANIMALIA; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 77957916531     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0558.x     Document Type: Article

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