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Surveillance activity for canine parvovirus in Italy.
Journal of veterinary medicine. B, Infectious diseases and veterinary public health - 1 Jan 2000
Martella V, Decaro N, Elia G, Buonavoglia C
Abstract excerpt
Recent identification of unusual canine parvovirus (CPV) mutants in cats and dogs suggests that CPV type 2 (CPV-2), which emerged suddenly in the late 1970s, is undergoing continual genetic and antigenic variations. A peculiarity of parvoviruses is that single-nucleotide substitutions may determine drastic phenotypic changes. The effects of either natural or artificial mutations on CPV phenotypic properties have...
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