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Transmission, species specificity, and pathogenicity of Aujeszky's disease virus
1Institut für Klinische und Experimentelle Virologie, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
Archives of Virology. Supplementum
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
Aujeszky's disease virus (ADV), also known as pseudorabies virus (PrV), is an alphaherpesvirus that causes fatal infections in a wide range of animal species. The virus shares a variety of biological properties with human pathogenic herpesviruses like herpes simplex virus or varicella-zoster virus. Although only limited data are available, it seems unlikely that PrV causes disease in immunocompetent humans, but may pose a risk for immunocompromised patients.