Studies on the pathogenesis and epidemiology of ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA)
OPA is caused by a retrovirus known as jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus 9JSRV). A unique feature of OPA is the absence of a specific humoral immune response to JRSV, despite the highly productive infection in the lungs and the disseminated lymphoid infection. JRSV cannot be cultivated on cell culture. Th...
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University of Edinburgh
2005
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