POTENTIAL SITES OF VIRUS LATENCY ASSOCIATED WITH INDIGENOUS PSEUDORABIES VIRUSES IN FERAL SWINE

• Published in: Journal of wildlife diseases Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 567 - 575
• Main Authors: Romero, Carlos H., Meade, Paul N., Homer, Bruce L., Shultz, Joseph E., Lollis, Gene
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wildlife Disease Association 01.07.2003; Wildlife Dis Assoc
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Domestic; Animals, Wild; Base Sequence; DNA, Viral - chemistry; Female; feral animals; Feral swine; ganglia; Ganglia, Sympathetic - virology; Herpesvirus 1, Suid - enzymology; Herpesvirus 1, Suid - genetics; Herpesvirus 1, Suid - physiology; latency; latent period; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; nucleotide sequences; Palatine Tonsil - virology; Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary; Pseudorabies - epidemiology; Pseudorabies - transmission; Pseudorabies - virology; Pseudorabies virus; Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology; Respiratory Tract Infections - transmission; Respiratory Tract Infections - veterinary; Respiratory Tract Infections - virology; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral - epidemiology; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral - transmission; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral - veterinary; Sus scrofa; Swine Diseases - epidemiology; Swine Diseases - transmission; Swine Diseases - virology; thymidine kinase; Thymidine Kinase - genetics; transmission; Trigeminal Ganglion - virology; viral proteins; VIROLOGY; Virus Latency

Free-ranging feral swine (Sus scrofa) are known to be present in at least 32 states of the USA and are continuously expanding their range. Infection with pseudorabies virus (PRV) occurs in feral swine and the primary route of transmission in free-living conditions seems to be venereal. Between 1995...