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A Potentially Fatal Mix of Herpes in Zoos

August 17, 2012, 06:58 AM

Source: http://www.cell.com/current-biology/...2812%2900860-3

A Potentially Fatal Mix of Herpes in Zoos

Current Biology, 16 August 2012
Copyright ? 2012 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.035

Authors
Alex D. Greenwood, Kyriakos Tsangaras, Simon Y.W. Ho, Claudia A. Szentiks, Veljko M. Nikolin, Guanggang Ma, Armando Damiani, Marion L. East, Arne Lawrenz, Heribert Hofer, Nikolaus OsterriederSee Affiliations

Highlights
Zebra-derived herpesvirus has been identified in polar bears with encephalitis
The virus is a recombinant of two equid herpesvirus species
Zebra herpesvirus infects distantly related mammal species without direct contact
A broad viral host range threatens the conservation mission of zoos...

Tags: herpesvirus, polar bears, zebras, zoo

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