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Detection of a novel circovirus in mute swans (Cygnus olor) by using nested broad-spectrum PCR.
Virus research - 1 Mar 2008
Halami M Y, Nieper H, Müller H, Johne R
Abstract excerpt
Circoviruses are the causative agents of acute and chronic diseases in several animal species. Clinical symptoms of circovirus infections range from depression and diarrhoea to immunosuppression and feather disorders in birds. Eleven different members of the genus Circovirus are known so far, which infect pigs and birds in a species-specific manner. Here, a nested PCR was developed for the detection of a broad...
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