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Distribution and superinfection of bovine leukemia virus genotypes in Japan.
Archives of virology - 1 Mar 2005
Asfaw Y, Tsuduku S, Konishi M, Murakami K, Tsuboi T, Wu D, Sentsui H
Abstract excerpt
A study to investigate the types and distribution of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) was conducted on about eight hundred cattle drawn from 53 farms found in 16 prefectures in Japan. Agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) tests of serum samples and nested-PCR to detect BLV provirus, in peripheral blood leukocytes were performed. To identify genotypes, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) was performed with a...
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