Malignant catarrhal fever: Inching toward understanding

Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 209-233

  Li, Hong ^a,b   Cunha, Cristina W ^b   Taus, Naomi S ^a,b   Knowles, Donald P ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcelaphine herpesvirus 1; AlHV 1; gammaherpesvirus; OvHV 2; ovine herpesvirus 2; pathogenesis; vaccine; viral replication

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTIODACTYLA; BOVINE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; MALIGNANT CATARRHAL FEVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; CATTLE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; MALIGNANT CATARRH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84906224647     PISSN: 21658102     EISSN: 21658110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-animal-022513-114156     Document Type: Review

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