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Provirus variants of bovine leukemia virus in naturally infected cattle from Argentina and Japan.
Veterinary microbiology - 8 Oct 2003
Licursi Maria, Inoshima Yasuo, Wu Donglai, Yokoyama Takashi, González Ester Teresa, Sentsui Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
A serologic subgroup of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) has not been identified, whereas genetic diversity among BLVs has been reported by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). To investigate the distribution of BLV provirus variants, 42 isolates from Argentina and Japan were examined by nested PCR for a segment of the env gene, followed by DNA sequencing. The nucleotide...
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