Evidence for bovine immunodeficiency virus infection in cattle in Zambia

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-8

  Meas, Sothy ^a   Nakayama, Megumi ^b   Usui, Tatsufumi ^a   Nakazato, Yoshikazu ^b   Yasuda, Jun ^c   Ohashi, Kazuhiko ^a   Onuma, Misao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine immunodeficiency virus; Bovine leukemia virus; Molecular evidence; Seroprevalence; Zambia

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCOPROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BOVINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY LIKE VIRUS; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; CATTLE DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS STRAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; DNA, VIRAL; ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS; GENES, POL; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, BOVINE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BOVINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; BOVINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY-LIKE VIRUS; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 3042516989     PISSN: 00471917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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