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PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE
Volume 72, Issue 1-2, Pages 37-41Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.01.020
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bovine viral diarrhoea virus; pestivirus; heterogeneity; evolution; genetics; Switzerland
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We have genetically analyzed ruminant pestiviruses. All > 150 bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) viruses isolated from cattle in Switzerland belonged to genotype 1, with subgenogroups e, h, k and b found in decreasing frequency. To date, representatives of subgenogroup k have been detected in Switzerland only. Despite serological evidence of Border disease in sheep, only few Border disease viruses have been isolated, all of which belong to the novel group 3. Serological evidence suggested that pestivirus infections may occur also in wild ruminants in Switzerland but no isolates are available for analysis. In addition, we describe two pestiviruses, one a cell culture contaminant and the other isolated from a buffalo, that cluster with a recently proposed novel pestivirus species. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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