First Molecular Characterization of Bovine Leukemia Virus Infections in the Caribbean.

Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is a retrovirus that causes enzootic bovine leucosis. To investigate the presence and genetic variability of BLV in the Caribbean for the first time, we preformed fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-PCR for the pol of BLV on DNA from whole blood of cattle from D...

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Main Authors: Yi Yang, Patrick John Kelly, Jianfa Bai, Rong Zhang, Chengming Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5158060?pdf=render