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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Main Author: Salvatori, Daniela
Published: University of Edinburgh 2005
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.661544