Immune response to maedi-visna virus

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1532-1543

  Torsteinsdottir, Sigurbjorg ^a   Andresdottir, Valgerdur ^a   Arnarson, Hallgrimur ^a   Petursson, Gudmundur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Immune response; Lentivirus; Maedi; MVV; Review; Vaccination; Visna

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 34249778083     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/2166     Document Type: Article

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