title: Persistent viraemia of a cell-associated herpesvirus in white storks (Ciconia ciconia).
abstract: Heparinised blood samples from white storks were assayed for the presence of stork herpesvirus in peripheral leukocytes and neutralising antibodies in blood plasma against stork herpesvirus during a 3 year period. A total of 12 herpesvirus isolants were obtained. The presence of neutralising circulating antibodies does not preclude viraemia. Most of the infectivity of the isolated viruses remained cell-associated in chicken embryo fibroblast and chick kidney cell cultures.
authors.affiliation: Institut fur Geflugelkrankheiten der Justus-Liebig-Universitat dessen, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Kaleta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kummerfeld