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Phylogenetic analysis of Portuguese bovine viral diarrhoea virus.
Virus research - 1 Jun 2006
Barros Sílvia C, Ramos Fernanda, Paupério Sónia, Thompson Gertrude, Fevereiro Miguel
Abstract excerpt
Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide in dairy and beef cattle. To date, little is know about BVDV genotypes circulating in Portugal. For this purpose, a fragment within the 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) from 34 Portuguese field strains of BVDV was amplified by RT-PCR, cloned and sequenced. A maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis revealed...
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