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Detection of bovine leukemia virus in brains of cattle with a neurological syndrome: pathological and molecular studies.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2013
D'Angelino Rubens Henrique Ramos, Pituco Edviges Maristela, Villalobos Eliana Monteforte Cassaro, Harakava Ricardo, Gregori Fábio, Del Fava Claudia
Abstract excerpt
Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) was investigated in the central nervous system (CNS) of cattle with neurological syndrome. A total of 269 CNS samples were submitted to nested-PCR (BLV env gene gp51), and the viral genotypes were identified. The nested-PCR was positive in 4.8% (13/269) CNS samples, with 2.7% (2/74) presenting at histological examination lesions of nonpurulent meningoencephalitis (NPME), whereas 5.6%...
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