Macropodid alphaherpesvirus 2
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| parent = Simplexvirus
| species = Simplexvirus macropodidalpha2
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- Macropodid alphaherpesvirus 2
- Macropodid herpesvirus 2
- Dorcopsis-Wallaby-Herpesvirus
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| taxId = 65434
| size = 2,685 bases
| year = 2019
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Macropodid alphaherpesvirus 2 (MaHV-2) is a species of herpesvirus in the genus Simplexvirus. It was officially accepted as a valid species by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://ictv.global/taxonomy/taxondetails?taxnode_id=202301433&taxon_name=Simplexvirus%20macropodidalpha2|title=History of the taxon: Species: Simplexvirus macropodidalpha2 (2023 Release, MSL #39)|author=|date=|website=ictv.global|publisher=International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses|access-date=29 January 2025|quote=}}
Hosts
Macropodid alphaherpesvirus 2 has been detected in two species of captive macropods: grey dorcopsis (Dorcopsis luctuosa) and quokkas (Setonix brachyurus).{{Cite web|url=https://talk.ictvonline.org/files/master-species-lists/m/msl/8266|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330100806/https://talk.ictvonline.org/files/master-species-lists/m/msl/8266|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 30, 2019|title=ICTV Master Species List 2018b.v2|website=International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)|access-date=19 June 2019}}
File:HalmaturusLuctuosusKeulemans.jpg|Illustration of healthy Dorcopsis luctuosa
File:Setonix brachyurus 2 Gould.jpg|Illustration of healthy Setonix brachyurus
See also
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Further reading
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- {{Cite journal|vauthors=Stalder K, Vaz PK, Gilkerson JR, Baker R, Whiteley P, Ficorilli N, Tatarczuch L, Portas T, Skogvold K, Anderson GA, Devlin JM|date=2015|title=Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Herpesvirus Infection in Populations of Australian Marsupials|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=10|issue=7|pages=e0133807|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0133807|pmid=26222660|pmc=4519311|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1033807S |doi-access=free}}
- {{Cite journal|vauthors=Vaz PK, Motha J, McCowan C, Ficorilli N, Whiteley PL, Wilks CR, Hartley CA, Gilkerson JR, Browning GF, Devlin JM|date=2013|title=Isolation and characterisation of a novel herpesvirus from a free-ranging eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)|journal=Journal of Wildlife Diseases|volume=49|issue=1|pages=143–151|doi=10.7589/2012-01-027|pmid=23307380|s2cid=22836049}}
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