title: Bovine herpesvirus 6 in buffaloes (Bubalus bulalis) from the Amazon region, Brazil.
abstract: This study presents the first description of Bovine herpesvirus 6 (BoHV-6) that was isolated from buffaloes of Amazon region in Brazil. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the BoHV-6 Brazilian strains clustered with the sequence of BoHV-6 from elsewhere available at the GenBank. It was observed in some buffaloes with lymphoproliferative disease in one herd, thus the animals were also tested for Bovine leukemia virus (BLV), which has been associated to lymphoma in bovines. All animals were negative to BLV. These results indicate that BoHV-6 is present in buffaloes in Brazil, but the importance and impact of this infection and its association with any illness is still undefined.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 6627 Av. Antônio Carlos, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30123-970, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cairo Henrique Sousa
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Fernanda Gonçalves
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Marcela Ribeiro
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gasparini
authors.forename: Grazielle Cossenzo Florentino
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Galinari
authors.forename: Graciela Kunrath
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Antônio Augusto
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.forename: José Diomedes
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Edel Figueiredo
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Barbosa-Stancioli
authors.forename: Rômulo Cerqueira
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: Jenner Karlisson Pimenta
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Dos Reis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002020:Buffaloes; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D018140:Varicellovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral