Abstract
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.
Keywords:
India; NGS; Reovirus; equine; equine encephalosis virus; horse; isolate; next-generation sequencing; viruses.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Ceratopogonidae / virology
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Horse Diseases / epidemiology
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Horse Diseases / virology*
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Horses
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India / epidemiology
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Orbivirus / genetics
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Orbivirus / isolation & purification*
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Phylogeny
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Reoviridae Infections / epidemiology
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Reoviridae Infections / veterinary*
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Reoviridae Infections / virology
Supplementary concepts
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Equine encephalosis virus