Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (AlHV-1) is a ?-herpesvirus (?-HV) carried asymptomatically by wildebeest. Upon cross-species transmission, AlHV-1 induces an acute and fatal lymphoproliferative disease named malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) in many ruminants, including cattle and the rabbit model. Latency ...
ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus
