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Detection and genotyping of an infectious pancreatic necrosis virus from asymptomatic rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) facilities in Mexico.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2008
Guerrero Luis, Herrera Emma, Salinas Juana, Torres Jesús, Montero Ana Bertha, Barrón Blanca
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) is a birnavirus that causes a lethal disease in both hatchery-reared juvenile salmonids and other non-salmonid fishes. IPNV has been classified into seven genogroups based on the analysis of the VP2/NS junction region of the viral A RNA segment. METHODS: Ten organisms from two trout-rearing farms were used for viral isolation in RTG-2 cells. Cells were...
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