Bovine leukemia virus proviral load is more strongly associated with bovine major histocompatibility complex class II DRB3 polymorphism than with DQA1 polymorphism in Holstein cow in Japan
Abstract Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) causes enzootic bovine leukosis and is closely related to the human T-lymphotropic virus. Bovine major histocompatibility complex (BoLAs) are used extensively as markers of disease and immunological traits in cattle. For BLV diagnosis, proviral load is a major di...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Retrovirology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12977-019-0476-z |