Abortions in dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius) caused by equine rhinitis A virus

被引：16

作者：

Wernery, Ulrich

Knowles, Nick J. ^{[1
]}

Hamblin, Chris ^{[1
]}

Wernery, Renate

Joseph, Sunitha

Kinne, Joerg

Nagy, Peter

机构：

[1] Inst Anim Hlth, Pirbright Lab, Woking GU24 0NF, Surrey, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY | 2008年 / 89卷

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D O I：

10.1099/vir.0.82215-0

中图分类号：

Q81 [生物工程学（生物技术）]; Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

A virus was isolated from aborted dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) fetuses during an abortion storm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Laboratory investigations showed the causative agent to be indistinguishable from equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV), a picornavirus. Two pregnant dromedaries experimentally infected with the camel virus isolate both aborted and an identical virus was reisolated from both fetuses, thus confirming the diagnosis. The extremely high prevalence of antibody (> 90%) and the high titres recorded against ERAV in the dromedary herd clearly showed that ERAV does infect dromedaries. Unlike horses, where ERAV targets the upper respiratory tract, in dromedaries the target organ appears to be the genital tract.

引用

页码：660 / 666

页数：7

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