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Consistent change in the B-C loop of VP2 observed in foot-and-mouth disease virus from persistently infected cattle: implications for association with persistence.
Virus research - 1 Apr 2007
Horsington Jacquelyn, Zhang Zhidong
Abstract excerpt
The mechanisms of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) persistence are poorly understood. It is thought the existence of viral quasispecies that encompass sub-populations with varying survival competencies and antigenicities may play some role in the maintenance of virus in persistently infected animals. By analyzing nucleotide sequences encoding the viral VP2 protein in oesophageal-pharyngeal fluid (probang)...
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