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Retrospective study on Porcine circovirus-2 by nested pcr and real time pcr in archived tissues from 1978 in Brazil

2011; Springer Nature; Volume: 42; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1517-83822011000300039

ISSN

1678-4405

Autores

Fernanda Miquelitto Figueira da Silva, Abelardo Silva‐Júnior, Luíz Alexandre Peternelli, Vinícius Winter Viana, Orlando Chiarelli-Neto, Juliana Lopes Rangel Fietto, Marlene Izabel Vargas, Luís Augusto Nero, Márcia Rogéria de Almeida,

Tópico(s)

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Resumo

Porcine circovirus-2 (PCV-2) infection is currently considered an important disease of swine. The pathogenic agent was first described in Brazil in 2000. This study detected the PCV-2 DNA in four Brazilian pig tissues collected between 1978 and 1979. This observation is the oldest description of this virus in Brazil.

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