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Natural infection of a variant pseudorabies virus leads to bovine death in China
Author(s) -
Cheng Zilong,
Kong Zhengjie,
Liu Peng,
Fu Zhendong,
Zhang Jiandong,
Liu Mengda,
Shang Yingli
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transboundary and emerging diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.392
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1865-1682
pISSN - 1865-1674
DOI - 10.1111/tbed.13427
Subject(s) - pseudorabies , virology , virus , biology
Pseudorabies virus (PRV) infects numerous species of domestic and wild animals leading to severe diseases especially in swine and cattle. Since 2011, the variant PRVs were identified in pigs, which were genetically different from classic strains. Although variant PRV infection is widely observed in pigs, there is still no report of variant PRV infection in cattle. Here, we reported a natural infection of variant PRV leading to acute bovine death in Eastern China. Our study suggests that the new variant PRV strains could be a potential threat to cattle industry and possibly to the public health of human.