Macropodid alphaherpesvirus 1 explained

Taxid:	43020
Size:	140,122 bases
Year:	2018

Macropodid alphaherpesvirus 1 (MaHV-1) is a species of herpesvirus in the genus Simplexvirus. It was officially accepted as a valid species by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses in 2004.

Hosts

It has been detected in captive parma wallabies (Macropus parma)^[1] while some other marsupial species have been found to be susceptible to infection when experimentally inoculated.^[2]

See also

• Macropodid alphaherpesvirus 2

Further reading

• Giuliani S, Polkinghorne I, Smith GA, Young P, Mattick JS, Mahony TJ. 2002. Macropodid herpesvirus 1 encodes genes for both thymidylate synthase and ICP34.5. Virus Genes. 24. 3. 207–213. 10.1023/A:1015396430131. 12086140. 20997947.
• Stalder K, Vaz PK, Gilkerson JR, Baker R, Whiteley P, Ficorilli N, Tatarczuch L, Portas T, Skogvold K, Anderson GA, Devlin JM. 2015. Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Herpesvirus Infection in Populations of Australian Marsupials. PLOS ONE. 10. 7. e0133807. 10.1371/journal.pone.0133807. 26222660. 4519311. 2015PLoSO..1033807S . free.
• Thomson D, Smith G. 1999. Herpesvirus genome mapping: a rapid generic approach. Journal of Virological Methods. 82. 1. 1–7. 10.1016/S0166-0934(99)00085-3. 10507407.
• Vaz PK, Mahony TJ, Harley CA, Fowler EV, Ficorilli N, Lee SW, Gilkerson JR, Browning GF, Devlin JM. 2016. The first genome sequence of a metatherian herpesvirus: Macropodid herpesvirus 1. BMC Genomics. 17. 70. 10.1186/s12864-016-2390-2. 26800886. 4724163 . free .

Notes and References

1. Web site: ICTV Master Species List 2018b.v2. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). 19 June 2019.
2. Zheng. T.. Napier. A. M.. O'Keefe. J. S.. Buddle. B. M.. 2004-02-01. Experimental infection of possums with macropodid herpesvirus 1. New Zealand Veterinary Journal. 52. 1. 20–25. 10.1080/00480169.2004.36386. 0048-0169. 15768078. 33814792.