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Investigation of porcine endogenous retrovirus in the conservation population of Ningxiang pig.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 Dec 2009
Xing X W, Hawthorne W J, Yi S, Simond D M, Dong Q, Ye B, Tong Q J, Ye Z, Wang W
Abstract excerpt
Porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) varies between pig breeds. Screening and analysis of PERV in putative pig breeds may provide basic parameters to evaluate the biological safety of xenotransplantation from pigs to humans. In this study, PERV was investigated among the conservation population of the Ningxiang pig. The result revealed that the genotype of PERV distribution was subtype A, 100%; subtype B, 100%;...
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