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Genetic analysis of the VP2-encoding gene of canine parvovirus strains from Africa.
Veterinary microbiology - 30 Aug 2013
Dogonyaro Banenat B, Bosman Anna-Mari, Sibeko Kgomotso P, Venter Estelle H, van Vuuren Moritz
Abstract excerpt
Since the emergence of canine parvovirus type-2 (CPV-2) in the early 1970s, it has been evolving into novel genetic and antigenic variants (CPV-2a, 2b and 2c) that are unevenly distributed throughout the world. Genetic characterization of CPV-2 has not been documented in Africa since 1998 apart from the study carried out in Tunisia 2009. A total of 139 field samples were collected from South Africa and Nigeria,...
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