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Volume 26, Number 12—December 2020
Dispatch

Identification of a Novel α-herpesvirus Associated with Ulcerative Stomatitis in Donkeys

Vito MartellaComments to Author , Gianvito Lanave, Michele Camero, Vittorio Larocca, Eleonora Lorusso, Cristiana Catella, Paolo Capozza, Maria Tempesta, and Canio Buonavoglia
Author affiliation: University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

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Table

List of equid herpesviruses recognized in the ICTV database or other sources*

Species Subfamily Related to Other designations Source
EHV-1 Alpha NA Equine abortion ICTV
EHV-2 Gamma NA NA ICTV
EHV-3 Alpha NA Coital exantema ICTV
EHV-4 Alpha NA Equine rhinopneumonitis ICTV
EHV-5 Gamma NA NA ICTV
EHV-6 Alpha EHV-3 AsHV-1 (6); this study
EHV-7 Gamma EHV-2/EHV-5 AsHV-2 ICTV
EHV-8 Alpha EHV-1 AsHV-3 ICTV
AsHV-4 Gamma EHV-2/EHV-5 NA (11)
AsHV-5 Gamma EHV-2/EHV-5 NA (11)
AsHV-6 Gamma EHV-2/EHV-5 NA (2)
EHV-9
 Alpha
 EHV-1
 Zebra, gazelle, giraffe herpesviruses
 ICTV
*AsHV, asinine herpesvirus; EHV, equine herpesvirus; ICTV, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses; NA, not applicable.

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