Genetic diversity

Identification of natural recombinants derived from PCV2a and PCV2b

J. Hu, Zhai, S. L., Zeng, S. Y., Sun, B. B., Deng, S. F., Chen, H. L., Zheng, Y., Wang, H. X., Li, X. P., Liu, J. K., Cheng, S., Zhou, X., Zhai, J. Q., and Luo, M. L., Identification of natural recombinants derived from PCV2a and PCV2b, vol. 14, pp. 11780-11790, 2015.

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is considered to be the main pathogen in PC-associated diseases, and significantly affects the global pig-producing industry. PCV2 continuously evolves by point mutations and genome recombinations. In the present study, we aimed to further identify recombinant PCV2 strains. We used polymerase chain reaction to detect PCV2 in the carcasses of pigs with suspected infections from different regions of Guangdong Province in China.

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