ELA-DRA polymorphisms are not associated with Equine Arteritis Virus infection in horses from Argentina

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1271-1273

  Kalemkerian, P B ^a   Metz, G E ^b   Peral Garcia, P ^a   Echeverria, M G ^b   Giovambattista, G ^a   Diaz S ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Equine Lymphocyte Antigen; Equine Viral Arteritis; Genetic susceptibility; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRA GENE; EQUINE VIRAL ARTERITIS; EXON; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; PYROSEQUENCING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; ARTERITIS VIRUS, EQUINE; ARTERIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUINE ARTERITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84866871241     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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