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

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: da Silva FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3768763 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature