Characterization of the first bovine gammaherpesvirus 4 strain isolated from an aborted bovine fetus in Argentina
2020
Florencia, Romeo | Julieta, Manrique | Sandra, Perez | Enrique, Louge Uriarte | Maia, Marín | German, Cantón | Leunda, Maria R. | Erika, González Altamiranda | Susana, Pereyra | Maximiliano, Spetter | Anselmo, Odeón | Leandro, Jones | Verna, Andrea E.
Bovine herpesvirus 4 (BoHV-4) is increasingly believed to be responsible for several disorders of the bovine reproductive tract. The first characterization of BoHV-4 in Argentina was from samples from an aborted fetus. Argentinean isolates are highly diverse and are phylogenetically grouped in three genotypes. In this study, we describe the isolation of BoHV-4 from a bovine fetus with a gestational age of 8 months and without macroscopic lesions. Genetic analyses revealed that the isolated strain belongs to genotype 2. This is the first report on the presence of infectious BoHV-4 in tissues from an aborted bovine fetus.
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