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Genetic variation and phylogenetic analysis of porcine circovirus type 2 infections in central China.
Virus genes - 1 Dec 2012
Mu Chunlong, Yang Qingyuan, Zhang Yina, Zhou Yonghui, Zhang Jixi, Martin Darren P, Xia Pingan, Cui Baoan
Abstract excerpt
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection causes postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome and porcine circovirus-associated diseases in many regions. A total of 77 sequences, including 31 sampled from Henan province of China, were retrieved from GenBank and subjected to amino acid variation and phylogenetic analyses. The two PCV genotypes prevailing in Henan were PCV-2a and PCV-2b with PCV-2b accounting for...
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