1. First report of porcine circovirus type 2 infections in Cuba.
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Pérez LJ, Díaz de Arce H, Percedo MI, Domínguez P, and Frías MT
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- Animals, Circoviridae Infections diagnosis, Circoviridae Infections pathology, Circovirus genetics, Classical Swine Fever pathology, Classical Swine Fever virology, Classical Swine Fever Virus isolation & purification, Cuba, DNA, Viral genetics, DNA, Viral isolation & purification, Kidney pathology, Kidney virology, Lymph Nodes pathology, Lymph Nodes virology, Palatine Tonsil pathology, Palatine Tonsil virology, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Spleen pathology, Spleen virology, Swine, Circoviridae Infections veterinary, Swine Diseases virology
- Abstract
To obtain information about the porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection status of pigs in Cuba and the probable association of PCV2 with other porcine viruses, tissue samples collected from ill pigs were evaluated using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The PCR analysis showed that 67.7% of the samples (23/34) from seven swine herds of six different geographic regions were detected to be positive for PCV2. Ten of the 23 PCV2 positive samples (43.5%) shown a concurrent infection with porcine parvovirus (PPV) and 17 of 23 PCV2 positive samples (73.9%) exhibited a concomitant infection with classical swine fever virus (CSFV). This study is the first report of PCV2 infecting pigs with different clinical conditions in Cuban swine herds and provides evidence of PCV2 co-infection with PPV and CSFV in the field., (Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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