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Genogroup I avian picobirnavirus detected in Brazilian broiler chickens: a molecular epidemiology study.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jan 2014
Ribeiro Silva René, Bezerra Delana Andreza Melo, Kaiano Jane Haruko Lima, Oliveira Darleise de Souza, Silvestre Rodrigo Vellasco Duarte, Gabbay Yvone Benchimol, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Mascarenhas Joana D'Arc Pereira
Abstract excerpt
Picobirnavirus (PBV) belongs to the family Picobirnaviridae. Picobirnaviruses contain a bisegmented dsRNA genome that is non-enveloped. A total of 85 pooled faecal samples were collected from the poultry of 37 farms from the Metropolitan Mesoregion of Belém (MMB), Pará state, Brazil. The viral RNA from each sample was analysed by PAGE and reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR). For each county affected, at least one...
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