Detection of Maedi-Visna Virus in the Liver and Heart of Naturally Infected Sheep

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-35

  Brellou, G D ^a   Angelopoulou, K ^b   Poutahidis, T ^c   Vlemmas, I ^c  

^a Laboratory of Pathology   (Spain)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

cardiac myocytes; heart; hepatocytes; liver; maedi visna; small ruminant lentiviruses; viral infection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VISNA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; HEART; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PNEUMONIA, PROGRESSIVE INTERSTITIAL, OF SHEEP; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP; VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS;

OVIS ARIES; SMALL RUMINANT LENTIVIRUS; VISNA/MAEDI VIRUS;

EID: 33846815052     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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