Genetic variation of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and its relevance to vaccination, pathogenesis and diagnosis

Virus Research

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 68-77

  Trible, Benjamin R ^a   Rowland, Raymond R R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

PCV2; PCV2 genetic variation; PCV2 pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS TYPE 2 VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VACCINE;

CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTION; CIRCOVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS ASSOCIATED DISEASE; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS TYPE 2; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CIRCOVIRUS; GENETIC VARIATION; NORTH AMERICA; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES;

MIRIDAE; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS 2;

EID: 84857360606     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: 18727492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2011.11.018     Document Type: Review

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