| the first isolation of equine arteritis virus in argentina. | this paper describes the first isolation of equine arteritis virus (eav) in argentina. the virus was isolated from the semen of an imported seropositive stallion held in isolation at a breeding farm in tandil in the buenos aires province. in addition, viral nucleic acid was detected in seminal plasma using the reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. the isolated virus was propagated in cell cultures and confirmed as eav by indirect immunofluorescence and virus neutralisation, using a se ... | 2003 | 15005559 |