Identification and characterisation of Gamma-herpesviruses in zoo artiodactyla.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Viruses within the γ-herpesviruses subfamily include the causative agents of Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) in several species of the order Artiodactyla. MCF is a usually fatal lymphoproliferative disease affecting non-adapted host species. In adapted host species these viruses become latent and recrudesce and transmit during times of stress or immunosuppression. The undetected presence of MCF-causing viruses (MCFVs) is a risk to non-adapted hosts, especially within non-sympatric zoological collections. This study investigated the presence of MCFVs in six different zoological collections in the UK, to evaluate the presence of subclinical/latent MCFVs in carrier animals.

Methods

One-hundred and thirty eight samples belonging to 54 different species of Artiodactyla

SUBMITTER: Bianchessi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10893651 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature