| characterization of a novel alphaherpesvirus associated with fatal infections of domestic rabbits. | a virus was found to be associated with a severe disease affecting rabbits on a farm near anchorage, alaska. extracts from the skin of infected rabbits produced syncytia and cell lysis in cultured rabbit skin, rabbit kidney, and vero cells. examination of the infectious agent by electron microscopy revealed an icosahedral nucleocapsid surrounded by an envelope with a diameter of about 120 nm, suggesting that it was a herpesvirus. the viral genome was determined to be composed of double-stranded ... | 2008 | 18554680 |