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Molecular epidemiology and characterization of bovine leukemia virus in domestic yaks (Bos grunniens) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China.
Archives of virology - 1 Mar 2018
Wang Meng, Wang Yun, Baloch Abdul Rasheed, Pan Yangyang, Xu Fang, Tian Lili, Zeng Qiaoying
Abstract excerpt
Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is a member of the genus Deltaretrovirus of the family Retroviridae and cause a chronic lymphosarcoma, which is extensive in cattle. In yaks (Bos grunniens), the distribution, strains and genetic characteristics of BLV have rarely been studied. The aim of our study was to investigate BLV infections in domestic yaks and determine the genetic variability of BLV circulating in a region of...
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