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Hobi-like pestivirus in aborted bovine fetuses.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2012
Decaro Nicola, Lucente Maria Stella, Mari Viviana, Sciarretta Rossana, Pinto Pierfrancesco, Buonavoglia Domenico, Martella Vito, Buonavoglia Canio
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of abortion affecting multiparous cows was associated with Hobi-like pestivirus infection. Viral RNA and antigens were detected in the tissues of two aborted fetuses. Molecular assays for other common abortogenic agents tested negative. At the genetic level, the Hobi-like pestivirus displayed the closest relatedness to Italian, Australian, and South American viruses, whereas it diverged from the...
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