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Molecular diversity of Brazilian strains of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2).
Research in veterinary science - 1 Aug 2008
de Castro Alessandra Marnie Martins Gomes, Cortez Adriana, Heinemann Marcos Bryan, Brandão Paulo Eduardo, Richtzenhain Leonardo José
Abstract excerpt
Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV-2) is associated with a broad range of syndromes. In this study, eight pig tissue samples from two Brazilian states were analyzed using six PCR primer pairs amplifying a 1705-bp fragment of the PCV-2 genome. The NJ distance-based method was used for the phylogenetic analysis with the eight field strains herein, 15 GenBank sequences and using PCV-1 as an out-group. This yielded two major...
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