Detection of Maedi-Visna Virus in the Kidneys of Naturally Infected Sheep

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-335

  Angelopoulou, K ^a   Brellou, G D ^b   Vlemmas, I ^b  

^a Laboratory of Biochemistry and Toxicology

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

glomerulonephritis; kidney; lymphofollicular hyperplasia; maedi visna; sheep; viral infection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SHEEP; VIRUS DETECTION; VISNA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LUNG; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; PNEUMONIA, PROGRESSIVE INTERSTITIAL, OF SHEEP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; VISNA/MAEDI VIRUS;

EID: 33646891559     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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