Article
Genetic variation of foot-and-mouth disease virus isolates recovered from persistently infected water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis).
Veterinary microbiology - 25 Feb 2007
Barros José Júnior F, Malirat Viviana, Rebello Moacyr A, Costa Eliane V, Bergmann Ingrid E
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) isolates, serotype O, recovered serially over a 1-year period from persistently infected buffalos was assessed. The persistent state was established experimentally with plaque-purified FMDV, strain O(1)Campos, in five buffalos (Bubalus bubalis). Viral isolates collected from esophageal-pharyngeal (EP) fluids for up to 71 weeks after infection were analyzed...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Buffaloes
- Capsid Proteins
- Foot-and-Mouth Disease
- Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Alignment
- Time Factors
