title: Full genome sequences of zebra-borne equine herpesvirus type 1 isolated from zebra, onager and Thomson's gazelle.
abstract: A strain of equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) was isolated from zebra. This strain, called "zebra-borne EHV-1", was also isolated from an onager and a gazelle in zoological gardens in U.S.A. The full genome sequences of the 3 strains were determined. They shared 99% identities with each other, while they shared 98% and 95% identities with the horse derived EHV-1 and equine herpesvirus type 9, respectively. Sequence data indicated that the EHV-1 isolated from a polar bear in Germany is one of the zebra-borne EHV-1 and not a recombinant virus. These results indicated that zebra-borne EHV-1 is a subtype of EHV-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
authors.forename: Xiaoqin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Izume
authors.forename: Ayaka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohya
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Hideto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukushi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001483:Base Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D018397:Equidae / Q000821:virology*; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D004861:Herpesvirus 1, Equid / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral