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Identification of radically different variants of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in Eastern Europe: towards a common ancestor for European and American viruses.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Aug 2002
Stadejek T, Stankevicius A, Storgaard T, Oleksiewicz M B, Belák S, Drew T W, Pejsak Z
Abstract excerpt
We determined 22 partial porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) ORF5 sequences, representing pathogenic field strains mainly from Poland and Lithuania, and two currently available European-type live PRRSV vaccines. Also, the complete ORF7 of two Lithuanian and two Polish strains was sequenced. We found that Polish, and in particular Lithuanian, PRRSV sequences were exceptionally different...
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