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SUBMITTER: Hamel AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC110114 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of virology 19980601 6
This article describes the nucleotide sequence of a porcine circovirus (PCV) which possesses a high degree of association with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), a newly described disease of young pigs. The DNA sequence of this PMWS-associated PCV (pmws PCV) has 68% homology with that of a previously published nonpathogenic strain of PCV. The strains appear to be closely related yet distinct from one another. ...[more]