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Studies on isolation of rhinopneumonitis virus from Korean horses and its immunogenicity I. Sero-epidemiological studies on equine herpesvirus-1 (국내 말로부터 비폐렴바이러스의 분리 및 면역원성에 관한 연구 I. 말 비폐렴바이러스(equine rhinopneumonitis virus)에 대한 혈청학적 역학조사)

  • Cho, Gil-jae;Kim, Bong-hwan;Lee, Du-sik;Shin, Tae-kyun;Yang, Ki-chun;Lim, Yoon-kyu;Cho, Sung-soo
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.735-741
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    • 1995
  • The present study was conducted to investigate the incidence of equine herpesvirus 1(EHV-1) infection in Korean horses by cell EUSA and serum neutralization test A significant level of antibodies to EHV-1 was detected from 539(82.8%) by cell EUSA and from 524 horses(80.5%) by SNT indicating that EHV-1 infection in Korean horses are widely spreaded throughout the country.

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Detection of Lymphotropic Herpesviruses by Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction

  • Park, Sang-Tae;Kim, Seung-Han;Lee, Dong-Gun;Park, Jung-Hyun;Shin, Wan-Shik;Kim, Tai-Gyu;Paik, Soon-Young;Kim, Chun-Choo
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.226-228
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    • 2001
  • Human lymphotropic herpesvirus is known to be a major pathogen associated with various diseases in bone marrow transplantation (BMT) recipients. A multiplex nested-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method was developed for the simultaneous detection of human lymphotropic herpesviruses, including Ebstein-Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), and human herpesvirus 6 variants A and B (HHV6-A, HHV6-B). To demonstrate the usefulness of multiplex PCR for the analysis of clinical samples, peripheral blood mononuclear cells and serum from BMT recipients were analysed. The results skewed that a clear detection could be made between EBV, HCMV and HHV-6. This multiplex PCR assay is an efficient and cost-effective approach to the analysis of large numbers of samples to determine the epidemiological importance of EBV HCMV and HHV-6.

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Survey on antibody against bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1) in cattle in Korea

  • Choi, Eun-Jin;Song, Seungmin;Oem, Jae-Ku;Oh, Yooni;Kim, Eun-Ju;Song, Jae-Young
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.97-100
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    • 2014
  • This study was performed in Korea to get serological information for bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1), most commonly found in cattle. Antibodies against BoHV-1 were examined by targeting infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) in unvaccinated and vaccinated cattle, using viral neutralization (VN) test. In 2013, among 261 sera collected from IBR-unvaccinated herds, 7 sera (2.7%) were found seropositive and their VN titers were ranging from 1:4 to 1:32. Among 315 sera collected from IBR-vaccinated herds in large capacity farms, 303 sera (96.2%) were found to be seropositive for BoHV-1 and their VN titers were in the range of 1:4 to 1:2048. It was found that the IBR-vaccinated herds had higher levels of VN titer than IBR-unvaccinated herds. The results indicated that it may be due to heavy vaccination in vaccinated herds and no or a little infection in unvaccinated herds. At the end of the study it was concluded that although the seropositivity in IBR-unvaccinated herds was low, the monitoring of IBR should be continuously practiced to control and prevent the disease because of exportation of living cattle causing its nationwide outbreaks.

Exploration of Antiviral and Cell Regeneration Effects of the Korean Hand Acupuncture(Koryo Sooji Chim) Therapy (고려 수지침 요법의 항바이라스 및 세포재생 효과에 대한 탐색)

  • Hyung H. Lee
    • Journal of Naturopathy
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.31-34
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    • 2023
  • Background: There is no research on antiviral treatment using the Koryo Hand Acupuncture Therapy(KHAT). Purpose: The purpose was to observe the effect of KHAT therapy stimulation on patients infected with Herpesvirus-2. Results: As a result of daily observation while stimulating the acupuncture points of 3 subjects, patients in their 20s were cured on the 3rd day, those in their 50s on the 4th day, and those in their 70s on the 5th day. Conclusion: Cells destroyed by viral infection were regenerated by stimulation of hand acupuncture therapy, and viral proliferation in cells also disappeared. This means that antiviral treatment using KHAT is effective.

Characteristics on Equine Herpesvirus Type 3 from Korea (국내분리 말구진 원인병원체(Equine herpesvirus type 3)의 특징)

  • Yang, Jae-Hyuk;Lim, Yoon-Kyu
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.21 no.8
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    • pp.1156-1162
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    • 2011
  • Equine coital exanthema caused by equine herpesvirus type 3 (EHV-3) is a venereal disease which seriously drops horse reproduction rates. Here, we isolated EHV-3 from infected horses and investigated their biological characteristics. Initial cytopathic effects such as rounding of cells were detected 48 hours post infection of the virus into RK-13 cells. The infected cells were going to detach from the surface of culture flasks 72 hours post infection. The type of isolated viruses from swabbed samples was EHV-3 by PCR analysis. Glycoprotein G (gG) of isolated EHV-3 has a 99.25 percent similarity rate to that of EHV-3 334/74 control strain. The isolated EHV-3 was named Georo strain. Georo strain consisted of four major proteins including 145 kD, 60 kD, 45 kD and 40 kD, as shown by SDS-PAGE analysis. We hope the newly isolated Georo strain of EHV-3 can be used for studying various aspects of Korean equine coital exanthema.

Cloning and Expression of Bovine Herpesvirus-1 gIII of Korean Isolate PQ Strain (소 허피스바이러스 gIII 유전자 크론닝 및 발현)

  • Kweon, Chang-Hee;Min, Boo-Ki
    • The Journal of Korean Society of Virology
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.173-179
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    • 1996
  • The gene encoding gIII of bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BHV-1) PQ strain was cloned and expressed in baculovirus. Although the gIII gene is located in Hind III I fragment as the case of the other BHV-1 strains, differences in size and restriction endonuclease site within the fragment were identified. The gIII expression was predominantly detected on the surface on insect cells by indirect immunofluoresecnce assay using monoclonal antibody. The western blotting analysis also revealed the presence of expressed protein of a similar molecular size to the original gIII protein. The immunogenicity of expressed protein were tested in guinea pigs. The immunized guinea pigs with expressed protein developed the neutralizing antibodies against BHV-1.

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Recurrence of equine coital exanthema in thoroughbred stallions

  • Yang, Jaehyuk;Lim, Yoon-Kyu
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.53 no.3
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    • pp.175-176
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    • 2013
  • The object of this study was to evaluate recurrence of equine coital exanthema (ECE) whether re-infection or re-activation of causative virus. ECE is a venereal disease of horses caused by equine herpesvirus type 3 (EHV-3). Like other herpesviruses, it may persist in infected horses for a long time. There is a controversy on the cause of ECE as the recurrence or the reinfection. This disease had occurred firstly on stallions and broodmares in Korea. The horses had rebreeded after healing routinely. Next year, the disease recurrented on the just same affected horses among stallions. The result of this study, re-outbreak of ECE in stallions is recurrence of ECE, but not reinfection of the virus.