title: Genetic relatedness and pathogenicity of equine herpesvirus 1 isolated from onager, zebra and gazelle.
abstract: Equine herpesvirus 1 was isolated from an onager in 1985, a zebra in 1986 and a Thomson's gazelle in 1996 in USA. The genetic relatedness and pathogenicity of these three viruses were investigated based on the nucleotide sequences of the glycoprotein G (gG) gene, experimental infection in hamsters, and comparison with horse isolates. The gG gene sequences of EHV-1 from onager and zebra were identical. The gG gene sequences of the gazelle isolate showed 99.5% identity to those of onager and zebra isolates. The gG gene sequences of EHV-1 isolated from horses were 99.9-100% identical and 98, 98 and 97.8% similar to gG from onager, zebra and gazelle isolates, respectively. Hamsters inoculated with onager, zebra and gazelle isolates had severe weight loss, compared with hamsters inoculated with horse isolates. The histopathological findings were related to the virulence of each isolate. The results indicated that EHV-1 isolates from onager, zebra and gazelle differ from horse EHV-1 and are much more virulent in hamsters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: E S M
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukushi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D018397:Equidae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology*; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D004861:Herpesvirus 1, Equid / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014774:Virulence; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral