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Genetic Diversity of Porcine Circovirus 2 in Wild Boar and Domestic Pigs in Ukraine.
Viruses - 28 Apr 2022
Rudova Nataliia, Buttler Jeremy, Kovalenko Ganna, Sushko Mykola, Bolotin Vitaliy, Muzykina Larysa, Zinenko Oleksandr, Stegniy Borys, Dunaiev Yurii, Sytiuk Mykola, Gerilovych Anton, Drown Devin M, Bortz Eric, Solodiankin Oleksii
Abstract excerpt
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is responsible for a number of porcine circovirus-associated diseases (PCVAD) that can severely impact domestic pig herds. For a non-enveloped virus with a small genome (1.7 kb ssDNA), PCV2 is remarkably diverse, with eight genotypes (a-h). New genotypes of PCV2 can spread through the migration of wild boar, which are thought to infect domestic pigs and spread further through the...
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