Volume 17, Number 10—October 2011
Dispatch
Isolation and Phylogenetic Grouping of Equine Encephalosis Virus in Israel
Karin Aharonson-Raz, Amir Steinman, Velizar Bumbarov, Sushila Maan, Narender Singh Maan, Kyriaki Nomikou, Carrie Batten, Christiaan Potgieter, Yuval Gottlieb, Peter Mertens, and Eyal Klement
Table 1
Clinical signs for horses whose blood was tested to determine the cause of a febrile disease, Israel, October–November 2009
| Horse no. | Clinical signs | Date of first clinical sign | Duration of clinical signs, d | Date of blood collection | Virus isolated* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Temperature 39.5°C, lack of appetite | Oct 25 | 5 | Nov 2 | No |
| 2 | Temperature 39.5°C, lack of appetite | Oct 29 | 3 | Nov 2 | No |
| 3 | Temperature 40°C, lack of appetite | Oct 30 | 3 | Nov 3 | Yes |
| 4 | Temperature 39.5°C, lack of appetite | Nov 8 | Unknown | Nov 8 | No |
| 5 | Fever, colic, lethargy, congested mucous membranes, rapid pulse, lack of appetite | Nov 5 | 5 | Nov 9 | Yes |
| 6 | Temperature 39.5°C, lack of appetite | Nov 17 | 4 | Nov 22 | No |
| 7 | Temperature 42°C, apathy | Nov 25 | 2 | Nov 26 | No |
| 8 | Temperature 39.7°C, lack of appetite, colic | Nov 26 | 3 | Nov 27 | Yes |
*Positive cases were confirmed by reverse transcription PCR of dsRNA genome segment 10.
