Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2018)

Equine Encephalosis Virus in India, 2008

  • Pragya D. Yadav,
  • César G. Albariño,
  • Dimpal A. Nyayanit,
  • Lisa Guerrero,
  • M. Harley Jenks,
  • Prasad Sarkale,
  • Stuart T. Nichol,
  • Devendra T. Mourya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2405.171844
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 5
pp. 898 – 901

Abstract

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A virus isolated from a sick horse from India in 2008 was confirmed by next-generation sequencing analysis to be equine encephalosis virus (EEV). EEV in India is concerning because several species of Culicoides midge, which play a major role in EEV natural maintenance and transmission, are present in this country.

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