| Literature DB >> 10770609 |
S Meas1, J Seto, C Sugimoto, M Bakhsh, M Riaz, T Sato, K Naeem, K Ohashi, M Onuma.
Abstract
A survey of antibodies to bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) known as bovine lentivirus and bovine leukemia virus (BLV) was conducted with samples from water buffalo and cattle populations in Pakistan. A total of 370 water buffaloes and 76 cattle were tested, and 10.3% and 15.8%, respectively, were found positive for anti-BIV p26 antibodies determined by Western blotting, while 0.8% of water buffaloes and no cattle were positive for anti-BLV antibodies determined by immunodiffusion test. BIV-seropositive water buffaloes and cattle were found to have BIV proviral DNA in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells determined by nested polymerase chain reaction. This is the first report of BIV infections in water buffaloes.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID： 10770609 DOI： 10.1292/jvms.62.329
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Vet Med Sci ISSN： 0916-7250 Impact factor: 1.267