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The morbidity of the EHV-1 outbreak was 84% with 26 clinically infected horses displaying fever and less frequently anorexia and distal limb edema. Four horses showed mild transient neurological deficits. Clinically diseased horses experienced high viral load of EHV-1 in blood and\/or nasal secretions via qPCR, while subclinically infected horses had detectable EHV-1 mainly in nasal secretions. The majority of infected horses showed a rise in antibody titers to EHV-1 during the outbreak. All 31 horses were treated with valacyclovir, while clinically infected horses further received flunixin meglumine and sodium heparin. This investigation highlights various relevant aspects of an EHV-1 outbreak caused by a new H752 genotype: (i) importance of early detection of EHV-1 infection; (ii) diagnostic challenge to assess H752 genotype; (iii) apparent benefit of valacyclovir use in the early stage of the outbreak; and (iv) weekly testing of blood and nasal secretions by qPCR in order to monitor individual infection status and lift quarantine.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/pathogens10060747","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,14]],"date-time":"2021-06-14T22:25:46Z","timestamp":1623709546000},"page":"747","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":44,"title":["Investigation of an EHV-1 Outbreak in the United States Caused by a New H752 Genotype"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Nicola","family":"Pusterla","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samantha","family":"Barnum","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julia","family":"Miller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Alliance Equine Health Care, Glenmoore, PA 19343, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sarah","family":"Varnell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Alliance Equine Health Care, Glenmoore, PA 19343, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Barbara","family":"Dallap-Schaer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA 19348, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Helen","family":"Aceto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA 19348, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aliza","family":"Simeone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Health, Collegeville, PA 17110, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"283","DOI":"10.1016\/S0749-0739(17)30396-6","article-title":"The equine herpesviruses","volume":"9","author":"Ostlund","year":"1993","journal-title":"Vet. 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