title: Transmission, species specificity, and pathogenicity of Aujeszky's disease virus.
abstract: Aujeszky's disease virus (ADV), also known as pseudorabies virus (PrV), is an alphaherpesvirus that causes fatal infections in a wide range of animal species. The virus shares a variety of biological properties with human pathogenic herpesviruses like herpes simplex virus or varicella-zoster virus. Although only limited data are available, it seems unlikely that PrV causes disease in immunocompetent humans, but may pose a risk for immunocompromised patients.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische und Experimentelle Virologie, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
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authors.lastname: Sawitzky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D011558:Herpesvirus 1, Suid / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D011557:Pseudorabies / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D012307:Risk Factors; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000145:classification; D013045:Species Specificity