TY - JOUR AU - Gabev, Evgeni AU - Fraefel, Cornel AU - Ackermann, Mathias AU - Tobler, Kurt PY - 2009 DA - 2009/10/14 TI - Cloning of Bovine herpesvirus type 1 and type 5 as infectious bacterial artifical chromosomes JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 209 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - Bovine herpesviruses type 1 (BoHV1) and type 5 (BoHV5) are two closely related pathogens of cattle. The identity of the two viruses on the amino acid level averages 82%. Despite their high antigenetic similarities the two pathogens induce distinctive clinical signs. BoHV1 causes respiratory and genital tract infections while BoHV5 leads to severe encephalitis in calves. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-209 DO - 10.1186/1756-0500-2-209 ID - Gabev2009 ER -