Confirmed case of encephalitis caused by Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection in a horse

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 431-436

  Gordon, Anita N ^a   Marbach, Cameron R ^b   Oakey, Jane ^a   Edmunds, Glen ^a   Condon, Kelly ^a   Diviney, Sinead M ^c   Williams, David T ^c   Bingham, John ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^b All Creatures Vet Services   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; flavivirus; horses; Murray Valley encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, MURRAY VALLEY; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; FATAL OUTCOME; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; QUEENSLAND; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84863285699     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638711433325     Document Type: Article

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