Small ruminant lentivirus infections and diseases

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 75-89

  Minguijon E ^a   Reina, R ^b   Perez M ^c   Polledo, L ^d   Villoria, M ^a   Ramirez H ^e   Leginagoikoa, I ^a   Badiola, J J ^c   Garcia Marin J F ^d   de Andres D ^b   Lujan L ^c   Amorena, B ^b   Juste, R A ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROBIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Caprine artritis encephalitis; Control; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Maedi; Pathogenesis; Small ruminant lentivirus; SRLV; Visna

Indexed keywords

LENTIVIRUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS VACCINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROL STRATEGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INNATE IMMUNITY; LENTIVIRUS INFECTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POINT MUTATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RUMINANT; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DOMESTIC SHEEP; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASES; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; LENTIVIRINAE; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LENTIVIRUS; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; RUMINANTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 84948711760     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.08.007     Document Type: Article

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