Full Genome Sequences of Zebra-Borne Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 Isolated from          Zebra, Onager and Thomson’s Gazelle

Xiaoqin GUO; Satoko IZUME; Ayaka OKADA; Kenji OHYA; Takashi KIMURA; Hideto FUKUSHI

doi:10.1292/jvms.14-0183

Virology

Full Genome Sequences of Zebra-Borne Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 Isolated from Zebra, Onager and Thomson’s Gazelle

Xiaoqin GUO, Satoko IZUME, Ayaka OKADA, Kenji OHYA, Takashi KIMURA, Hideto FUKUSHI

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Xiaoqin GUO
Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1–1 Yanagido, Gifu 501–1193, Japan
Satoko IZUME
Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1–1 Yanagido, Gifu 501–1193, Japan
Ayaka OKADA
Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1–1 Yanagido, Gifu 501–1193, Japan
Kenji OHYA
Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1–1 Yanagido, Gifu 501–1193, Japan
Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1–1 Yanagido, Gifu 501–1193, Japan
Takashi KIMURA
Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060–0818, Japan
Hideto FUKUSHI
Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1–1 Yanagido, Gifu 501–1193, Japan
Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1–1 Yanagido, Gifu 501–1193, Japan

Keywords: equine herpesvirus, genome sequence, zebra

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2014 Volume 76 Issue 9 Pages 1309-1312

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.14-0183

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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.

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