Browsing by Author "Thorsteinsdottir, Lilja"

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The effect of maternal immunity on the equine gammaherpesvirus type 2 and 5 viral load and antibody response

Thorsteinsdottir, Lilja; Jónsdóttir, Sigríður; Stefánsdóttir, Sara Björk; Andrésdóttir, Valgerður; Wagner, Bettina; Marti, Eliane; Torsteinsdóttir, Sigurbjörg; Svansson, Vilhjálmur (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-21)

Two types of gammaherpesviruses (γEHV) are known to infect horses, EHV-2 and EHV-5. Foals become infected early in life, probably via the upper respiratory tract, despite maternal antibodies. In this study, we analyzed samples from a herd of mares and ...
Equine herpesviruses in Iceland: Course of infection and immune response against gammaherpesviruses type 2 and 5, and isolation of an alphaherpesvirus, type 3

Thorsteinsdottir, Lilja (University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2020-03)

Íslenski hesturinn er eini hestastofninn á Íslandi. Hestar voru fluttir hingað við landnám og hafa verið hreinræktaðir síðan. Vegna landfræðilegrar einangrunar er stofninn berskjaldaður fyrir mörgum sjúkdómsvöldum sem herja á hesta í öðrum löndum. ...

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