New Hosts for Equine Herpesvirus 9

摘要

Equine herpesvirus 9 was detected in a polar bear with progressive encephalitis; the source was traced to 2 mem-bers of a potential equid reservoir species, Grevy's zebras. The virus was also found in an aborted Persian onager. Thus, the natural host range is extended to 6 species in 3 mammalian orders