Alcelaphine Herpesvirus-1 (Malignant Catarrhal Fever Virus) in Wildebeest Placenta: Genetic Variation of ORF50 and A9.5 Alleles.

Alcelaphine herpesvirus-1 (AlHV-1), a causative agent of malignant catarrhal fever in cattle, was detected in wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) placenta tissue for the first time. Although viral load was low, the finding of viral DNA in over 50% of 94 samples tested lends support to the possibility...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Felix Lankester, Ahmed Lugelo, Nicholas Mnyambwa, Ahab Ndabigaye, Julius Keyyu, Rudovick Kazwala, Dawn M Grant, Valerie Relf, David M Haig, Sarah Cleaveland, George C Russell
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124121