High Prevalence of Recombinant Porcine Endogenous Retroviruses (PERV-A/Cs) in Minipigs: A Review on Origin and Presence
Minipigs play an important role in biomedical research and they have also been used as donor animals for preclinical xenotransplantations. Since zoonotic microorganisms including viruses can be transmitted when pig cells, tissues or organs are transplanted, virus safety is an important feature in xe...
Main Authors: | Joachim Denner, Hendrik Jan Schuurman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-09-01
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Series: | Viruses |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/9/1869 |
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