Reactivation of caprine herpesvirus 1 in latently infected goats

C Buonavoglia; M Tempesta; A Cavalli; V Voigt; D Buonavoglia; A Conserva; M Corrente

doi:10.1016/0147-9571(96)00014-8

Reactivation of caprine herpesvirus 1 in latently infected goats

Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 1996 Sep;19(4):275-81. doi: 10.1016/0147-9571(96)00014-8.

Authors

C Buonavoglia¹, M Tempesta, A Cavalli, V Voigt, D Buonavoglia, A Conserva, M Corrente

Affiliation

¹ Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Parassitarie Degli Animali, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Valenzano (BA), Italy.

PMID: 8894377
DOI: 10.1016/0147-9571(96)00014-8

Abstract

The authors report CapHV.1 reactivation in two latently infected adult goats treated with dexamethasone (DMS) (4.40 mg/kg BW) for 6 days. Virus was reisolated from vaginal swabs from the 3rd to the 12th day post-treatment with DMS and from nasal swabs for 2 days (6th and 7th day post-treatment). The animals also showed an increase of neutralizing antibody (SN) titer to CapHV.1 3 weeks after the end of treatment with DMS.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cell Line
Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
Goat Diseases / virology*
Goats
Herpes Simplex / veterinary*
Herpes Simplex / virology
Neutralization Tests
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Simplexvirus / growth & development*
Simplexvirus / isolation & purification
Viral Plaque Assay
Virus Activation*
Virus Latency

Substances

Dexamethasone