Genome sequences of equid herpesviruses 2 and 5

Gavin S Wilkie; Karen Kerr; James P Stewart; Michael J Studdert; Andrew J Davison

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00119-15

Genome sequences of equid herpesviruses 2 and 5

Genome Announc. 2015 Mar 12;3(2):e00119-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00119-15.

Authors

Gavin S Wilkie¹, Karen Kerr¹, James P Stewart², Michael J Studdert³, Andrew J Davison⁴

Affiliations

¹ MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
² Department of Infection Biology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
³ Centre for Equine Virology, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom andrew.davison@glasgow.ac.uk.

Abstract

We resequenced the genome of equid herpesvirus 2 (EHV2) strain 86/67 and sequenced the genomes of EHV2 strain G9/92 and equid herpesvirus 5 (EHV5) strain 2-141/67. The most prominent genetic differences are the dissimilar locations of the interleukin-10 (IL-10)-like genes and the presence of an OX-2-like gene in EHV5 only.

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