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Retrospective assessment of equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) genotype-associated clinical disease in Ontario

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Espinosa et al. provided these results in the provided abstract: "Equine herpesvirus type 1 was detected in 11.7% of the tested horses, with clinical presentations including abortion (21%), myeloencephalopathy (64%), fever (11%), pneumonia (3.5%), and asymptomatic cases (3.5%). The neuropathogenic strain was more commonly present in horses with abortions and fevers. Equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy was associated with the non-neuropathogenic strain in 50% of the cases and the neuropathogenic strain in 44% of the cases. However, in 6% of the cases, the viral genotype was unknown."

The abstract is available on PubMed and the manuscript is available through the Canadian Veterinary Journal (access granted to members of the CVMA).