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Phylogenetic and genetic variation analyses of porcine circovirus type 2 isolated from China.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Apr 2018
Yang S, Yin S, Shang Y, Liu B, Yuan L, Zafar Khan M U, Liu X, Cai J
Abstract excerpt
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is a causative agent of PCV2-associated disease, which is a growing problem in the swine industry worldwide. High nucleotide substitution occurs in the capsid (Cap) gene of PCV2, which allows the continuous evolution and the emergence of novel PCV2 strains. In this study, we sequenced 24 Chinese PCV2 strains collected from healthy and diseased pigs between 2013 and 2015. Analyses...
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