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. 2021 Oct;27(10):2738-2739.
doi: 10.3201/eid2710.210704.

Equine Herpesvirus 1 Variant and New Marker for Epidemiologic Surveillance, Europe, 2021

Gabrielle Sutton, Camille Normand, Flora Carnet, Anne Couroucé, Marie Garvey, Sophie Castagnet, Christine I Fortier, Erika S Hue, Christel Marcillaud-Pitel, Loïc Legrand, Romain Paillot, Pierre-Hugues Pitel, Ann Cullinane, Stéphane Pronost

Equine Herpesvirus 1 Variant and New Marker for Epidemiologic Surveillance, Europe, 2021

Gabrielle Sutton et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

Equine herpesvirus 1 isolates from a 2021 outbreak of neurologic disease in Europe have a mutation, A713G, in open reading frame 11 not detected in 249 other sequences from equine herpesvirus 1 isolates. This single-nucleotide polymorphism could help identify horses infected with the virus strain linked to this outbreak.

Keywords: Europe; Spain; Valencia; equine herpesvirus 1; viruses.

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