Characterization of the first bovine gammaherpesvirus 4 strain isolated from an aborted bovine fetus in Argentina

FLORENCIA, ROMEO; JULIETA, MANRIQUE; SANDRA, PEREZ; ENRIQUE, LOUGE URIARTE; MAIA, MARÍN; GERMAN, CANTÓN; LEUNDA, MARIA R.; ERIKA, GONZÁLEZ ALTAMIRANDA; SUSANA, PEREYRA; MAXIMILIANO, SPETTER; ANSELMO, ODEÓN; LEANDRO, JONES; VERNA, ANDREA E.

ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

SPRINGER WIEN

Año: 2020

0304-8608

Bovine herpesvirus 4 (BoHV-4) is increasingly believed to be responsible for several disorders of the bovine reproductive tract. The first characterization of BoHV-4 in Argentina was from samples from an aborted fetus. Argentinean isolates are highly diverse and are phylogenetically grouped in three genotypes. In this study, we describe the isolation of BoHV-4 from a bovine fetus with a gestational age of 8 months and without macroscopic lesions. Genetic analyses revealed that the isolated strain belongs to genotype 2. This is the first report on the presence of infectious BoHV-4 in tissues from an aborted bovine fetus.