A morbillivirus that caused fatal disease in horses and humans - PubMed (original) (raw)
A morbillivirus that caused fatal disease in horses and humans
K Murray et al. Science. 1995.
Abstract
A morbillivirus has been isolated and added to an increasing list of emerging viral diseases. This virus caused an outbreak of fatal respiratory disease in horses and humans. Genetic analyses show it to be only distantly related to the classic morbilliviruses rinderpest, measles, and canine distemper. When seen by electron microscopy, viruses had 10- and 18-nanometer surface projections that gave them a "double-fringed" appearance. The virus induced syncytia that developed in the endothelium of blood vessels, particularly the lungs.
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- Cause of fatal outbreak in horses and humans traced.
Nowak R. Nowak R. Science. 1995 Apr 7;268(5207):32. doi: 10.1126/science.7701338. Science. 1995. PMID: 7701338 No abstract available.
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