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Combinations of long terminal repeat and tax protein substitutions influence bovine leukemia virus transmission through altered viral productivity.
Microbiology spectrum - 1 Sept 2026
Murakami Hironobu, Sato Reiichiro, Uchiyama Jumpei, Sogawa Kazuyuki, Ishida Hiroho, Nagai Makoto
Abstract excerpt
Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infection imposes a substantial economic burden on the global cattle industry. Although proviral load (PVL) in blood influences transmission, the effects of viral genetic variations, including the high viral production-associated long terminal repeat (LTR) substitution at nucleotide position 175 (LTR175), on herd-level dynamics remain unclear. This study investigated the effects of...
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- Animals
- Leukemia Virus, Bovine
- Cattle
- Terminal Repeat Sequences
- Enzootic Bovine Leukosis
- Amino Acid Substitution
