Evidence of bovine immunodeficiency virus in cattle in Turkey |
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| Authors: | Meas Sothy Yilmaz Zeki Usui Tatsufumi Torun Serhat Yesilbag Kadir Ohashi Kazuhiko Onuma Misao |
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| Institution: | Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | A seroepidemiological study of bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) and bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infections was conducted in four different cattle herds in Turkey. A total of 300 blood samples were analyzed and 12.3% were found to be positive for anti-BIV p26 antibodies by Western blot analysis and 1.6% positive for anti-BLV gp51 antibodies by an immunodiffusion test. BIV infection was confirmed with the detection of BIV-provirus DNA using the nested polymerase chain reaction. This is the first evidence for the presence of BIV in cattle in Turkey. |
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