title: Abortions in dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius) caused by equine rhinitis A virus.
abstract: A virus was isolated from aborted dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) fetuses during an abortion storm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Laboratory investigations showed the causative agent to be indistinguishable from equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV), a picornavirus. Two pregnant dromedaries experimentally infected with the camel virus isolate both aborted and an identical virus was reisolated from both fetuses, thus confirming the diagnosis. The extremely high prevalence of antibody (>90 %) and the high titres recorded against ERAV in the dromedary herd clearly showed that ERAV does infect dromedaries. Unlike horses, where ERAV targets the upper respiratory tract, in dromedaries the target organ appears to be the genital tract.
authors.affiliation: Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, PO Box 597, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wernery
authors.affiliation: Institute for Animal Health (IAH), Pirbright Laboratory, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK.
authors.forename: Nick J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Knowles
authors.affiliation: Institute for Animal Health (IAH), Pirbright Laboratory, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hamblin
authors.affiliation: Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, PO Box 597, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wernery
authors.affiliation: Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, PO Box 597, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Sunitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.affiliation: Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, PO Box 597, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kinne
authors.affiliation: Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, PO Box 597, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nagy
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D005537:Aphthovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002162:Camelus / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA