Spontaneous virus reactivation in cattle chronically infected with bovine leukemia virus
Abstract Background The absence of virus expression during the chronic stage of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infection and its reactivation upon ex vivo culture has become a long-lived Dogma. During the chronic stage of BLV infection the immune response limits viral replication and the mitotic divisi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-05-01
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Series: | BMC Veterinary Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-019-1908-7 |