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Genetic characterization of porcine circovirus type 2 in the Korean wild boar population.
Veterinary microbiology - 14 Mar 2014
An Dong-Jun, Lim Seong-In, Kim Yong Kwan, Lee Hyun-Kyoung, Cho Yoon-Young, Song Jae-Young, Hyun Bang-Hoon, Park Bong-Kyun
Abstract excerpt
The porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) has reached very high levels in the pig population in South Korea and throughout the world since it was first described in the late 1990s. In this study, we found that the prevalence of PCV2 in the Korean wild boar population was 4.98% (91/1825). Interestingly, 19 PCV2 ORF2 sequences that could be completely sequenced showed that they belonged only to genotype PCV2b, subgroup...
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