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Full-length genome sequence analysis of enzootic nasal tumor virus isolated from goats in China.
Virology journal - 26 Jul 2017
He Yapeng, Zhang Qi, Wang Jing, Zhou Man, Fu Mingzhe, Xu Xingang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Enzootic nasal tumor virus (ENTV) is a betaretrovirus of sheep (ENTV-1) and goats (ENTV-2) associated with neoplastic transformation of epithelial cells of the ethmoid turbinate. Confirmation of the role of ENTV in the pathogenesis of enzootic nasal adenocarcinoma (ENA) has yet to be resolved due to the inability to culture the virus. Very little is known about the prevalence of this disease,...
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