New hosts for equine herpesvirus 9.

ABSTRACT: Equine herpesvirus 9 was detected in a polar bear with progressive encephalitis; the source was traced to 2 members of a potential equid reservoir species, Grevy's zebras. The virus was also found in an aborted Persian onager. Thus, the natural host range is extended to 6 species in 3 mammalian orders.

SUBMITTER: Schrenzel MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2609862 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature