Genome Sequence Conservation of Hendra Virus Isolates during Spillover to Horses, Australia

• DOI: 10.3201/eid1611.100501
• Publication Date: 2010-10-27T15:04:28Z
• Authors: Glenn A. Marsh; Shawn Todd; Adam Foord; Eric Hansson; Kelly Davies; Lynda Wright; Chris Morrissy; Kim Halpin; Deborah Middleton; Hume E. Field; Peter Daniels; Lin-Fa Wang
• Keywords: Hendra Virus; Veterinary virology

Abstract Bat-to-horse transmission of Hendra virus has occurred at least 14 times. Although clinical signs in horses have differed, genome sequencing demonstrated little variation among the isolates. Our 5 isolates from recent outbreaks found no correlation between sequences and time or geographic location outbreaks.