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Evidence for pestivirus infection in free-living Japanese serows, Capricornis crispus.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2006
Harasawa Ryô, Aoyama Fumio, Goryo Masanobu, Okada Kosuke, Nishimura Takashi, Matsubara Kazuei, Tsujimoto Tsunenori, Giangaspero Massimo
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Sixteen serum samples collected from free-living Japanese serows, Capricornis crispus, between 2001 and 2004 in Morioka and its vicinity were examined for the presence of pestivirus by reverse transcription-nested PCR procedure. Three out of the 16 samples produced a visible band in electrophoresed agarose gels. The nucleotide sequences of the three PCR products were found to be identical. The pestivirus found in...
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