Acute and chronic infections with nonprimate hepacivirus in young horses

The recently discovered nonprimate hepacivirus (NPHV) naturally infects horses and is the closest known homolog of hepatitis C virus to date. Within a follow-up study acute field infections were monitored in four young Thoroughbred horses until the ages of 12–13 months. Serum samples were analyzed f...

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Autores principales: Gather, Theresa, Walter, Stephanie, Pfaender, Stephanie, Todt, Daniel, Feige, Karsten, Steinmann, Eike, Cavalleri, Jessika M. V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5034468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27659317
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13567-016-0381-6
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Sumario:The recently discovered nonprimate hepacivirus (NPHV) naturally infects horses and is the closest known homolog of hepatitis C virus to date. Within a follow-up study acute field infections were monitored in four young Thoroughbred horses until the ages of 12–13 months. Serum samples were analyzed for the presence of NPHV RNA and anti-NPHV NS3 antibodies and liver specific parameters were evaluated. The four young horses were not able to clear infection, but remained chronically infected for the entire monitored time period despite the presence of NPHV specific antibodies.

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