Equine Herpesvirus 1 Variant and New Marker for Epidemiologic Surveillance, Europe, 2021

Gabrielle Sutton (1, 2) , Camille Normand (1, 2) , Flora Carnet (2, 1) , Anne Couroucé (3) , Marie Garvey (4) , Sophie Castagnet (1) , Christine Fortier (1, 2) , Erika Hue (2, 1) , Christel Marcillaud-Pitel (5) , Loïc Legrand (1, 2) , Romain Paillot (1, 6) , Pierre-Hugues Pitel (1) , Ann Cullinane (4) , Stéphane Pronost (2, 1)

1 LABÉO - LABÉO, Pôle d’analyses et de recherche de Normandie
2 BIOTARGEN - Biologie, génétique et thérapies ostéoarticulaires et respiratoires
3 ONIRIS - École nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-Atlantique
4 IEC - Irish Equine Centre
5 RESPE - Réseau d'Epidémio-Surveillance en Pathologie Équine
6 WUC - Writtle University College

Equine herpesvirus 1 isolates from a 2021 outbreak of neurologic disease in Europe have a mutation, A713G, in open reading frame 11 not detected in 249 other sequences from equine herpesvirus 1 isolates. This single-nucleotide polymorphism could help identify horses infected with the virus strain linked to this outbreak.

Keywords: Europe; Spain; Valencia; equine herpesvirus 1; viruses

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Animal biology; Veterinary medicine and animal Health; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Gabrielle Sutton, Camille Normand, Flora Carnet, Anne Couroucé, Marie Garvey, et al.. Equine Herpesvirus 1 Variant and New Marker for Epidemiologic Surveillance, Europe, 2021. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021, 27 (10), pp.2738-2739. ⟨10.3201/eid2710.210704⟩. ⟨hal-03351614⟩