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Detection of bovine coronaviruses from adult cows with epizootic diarrhea and their antigenic and biological diversities.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 1999
Fukutomi T, Tsunemitsu H, Akashi H
Abstract excerpt
Bovine coronavirus (BCV) was detected by reverse transcriptase-PCR, immune electron microscopy or virus isolation from adult cows at 6 out of 6 outbreaks of epizootic diarrhea in Japan. Six BCVs isolated in feces, intestinal content or tracheal exudate of the cows were analyzed for their antigenic properties by cross virus neutralization (VN) tests. The isolates were divided into two groups, one of which had...
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