Experimental Maedi Visna Virus Infection in sheep: A morphological, immunohistochemical and PCR study after three years of infection

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-378

  Preziuso, Silvia ^a   Taccini, E ^a   Rossi, G ^b   Renzoni, G ^b   Braca, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental infection; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Maedi Visna virus; PCR; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; PROTEIN P28; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOINT; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SHEEP DISEASE; SPLEEN; STRUCTURAL GENE; UDDER; VISNA VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; MAEDI-VISNA VIRUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; RNA VIRUSES; VISNA VIRUS;

EID: 0346789522     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/849     Document Type: Article

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