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ArticleThe Journal of general virology2015

Gammaherpesviruses and canine lymphoma: no evidence for direct involvement in commonly occurring lymphomas.

Elspeth M Waugh, Alice Gallagher, Karen A McAulay, Joaquim Henriques, Margarida Alves, Adam J Bell, Joanna S Morris, Ruth F Jarrett

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Article in The Journal of general virology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Elspeth M Waugh1MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK.
Alice Gallagher1MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK.
Karen A McAulay1MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK.
Joaquim Henriques2Centro Veterinario Berna, Av. Berna 35C, 1050-038 Lisbon, Portugal.
Margarida Alves3Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde (CBiOS), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV)/Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (ULHT), Lisbon, Portugal.
Adam J Bell1MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK.
Joanna S Morris4School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK.
Ruth F Jarrett1MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK.
MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research · GBCentro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental · PTUniversidade Lusófona · PTUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F016786/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymphoma is the most common haematopoietic malignancy in dogs, but little is known about the aetiology of this heterogeneous group of cancers. In humans, the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with several lymphoma subtypes. Recently, it was suggested that EBV or an EBV-like virus is circulating in dogs. We therefore investigated whether EBV, or a novel herpesvirus, is associated with canine lymphoma using both serological and molecular techniques. In an assay designed to detect antibodies to EBV viral capsid antigens, 41 % of dogs were positive. Dogs with cancers, including lymphoma, were more frequently positive than controls, but no particular association with B-cell lymphoma was noted. EBV-specific RNA and DNA sequences were not detected in lymphoma tissue by in situ hybridization or PCR, and herpesvirus genomes were not detected using multiple degenerate PCR assays with the ability to detect novel herpesviruses. We therefore found no evidence that herpesviruses are directly involved in common types of canine lymphoma although cannot exclude the presence of an EBV-like virus in the canine population.

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AnimalsAntibodies, ViralDNA, ViralDog DiseasesDogsGammaherpesvirinaeIn Situ HybridizationLymphomaPolymerase Chain ReactionRNA, ViralSeroepidemiologic StudiesAntibodies, ViralDNA, ViralRNA, Viral

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PMID25722346
PMCPMC4635455
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