Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2011)

Isolation and Phylogenetic Grouping of Equine Encephalosis Virus in Israel

  • Karin Aharonson-Raz,
  • Amir Steinman,
  • Velizar Bumbarov,
  • Sushila Maan,
  • Narender Singh Maan,
  • Kyriaki Nomikou,
  • Carrie Batten,
  • Christiaan Potgieter,
  • Yuval Gottlieb,
  • Peter Mertens,
  • Eyal Klement

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1710.110350
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 10
pp. 1883 – 1886

Abstract

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During 2008–2009 in Israel, equine encephalosis virus (EEV) caused febrile outbreaks in horses. Phylogenetic analysis of segment 10 of the virus strains showed that they form a new cluster; analysis of segment 2 showed ≈92% sequence identity to EEV-3, the reference isolate. Thus, the source of this emerging EEV remains uncertain.

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