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Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the gp51 gene from Korean bovine leukemia virus isolates.
Virology journal - 15 Apr 2015
Lee EunJung, Kim Eun-Ju, Joung Ha-Kyung, Kim Bo-Hye, Song Jae-Young, Cho In-Soo, Lee Kyoung-Ki, Shin Yeun-Kyung
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BACKGROUND: Bovine Leukemia virus (BLV) infection of cattle has been reported in Korea for more than three decades. However, to date, there have been few studies regarding Korean BLV since 1980s. Thus, the purpose of this study is to perform a diagnosis and molecular characterization of BLV strains circulating in Korea and to estimate genetic diversity of different genotypes of BLV. METHOD: To investigate the...
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