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Classification and putative origins of Brazilian porcine circovirus 2 inferred through phylogenetic and phylogeographical approaches.
Virus research - 1 Mar 2009
Chiarelli-Neto O, Yotoko K S C, Vidigal P M P, Silva F M F, Castro L A, Fietto J L R, Silva A, Almeida M R
Abstract excerpt
Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) is the major causative agent of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) and is associated with different syndromes affecting pigs. The PCV2 genome has three main open reading frames (ORFs) among which the ORF2 encodes the capsid protein. In this study, the ORF2 nucleotide sequences of 30 Brazilian isolates were analyzed. The sequences were compared to other GenBank sequences...
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