Discovery of a bovine enterovirus in alpaca.

A cytopathic virus was isolated using Madin-Darby bovine kidney (MDBK) cells from lung tissue of alpaca that died of a severe respiratory infection. To identify the virus, the infected cell culture supernatant was enriched for virus particles and a generic, PCR-based method was used to amplify poten...

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Main Authors: Shasta D McClenahan, Gail Scherba, Luke Borst, Richard L Fredrickson, Philip R Krause, Christine Uhlenhaut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3741315?pdf=render