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SUBMITTER: Buehring GC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4012802 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Buehring Gertrude Case GC Shen Hua Min HM Jensen Hanne M HM Choi K Yeon KY Sun Dejun D Nuovo Gerard G
Emerging infectious diseases 20140501 5
Bovine leukemia virus (BLV), a deltaretrovirus, causes B-cell leukemia/lymphoma in cattle and is prevalent in herds globally. A previous finding of antibodies against BLV in humans led us to examine the possibility of human infection with BLV. We focused on breast tissue because, in cattle, BLV DNA and protein have been found to be more abundant in mammary epithelium than in lymphocytes. In human breast tissue specimens, we identified BLV DNA by using nested liquid-phase PCR and DNA sequencing. ...[more]