In the last 40 years, novel viruses have evolved at a much faster pace than other pathogens.
Viral diseases pose a significant threat to public health around the world. Bovines have a …

Antibodies are the key circulating molecules that have evolved to fight infection by the
adaptive immune system of vertebrates. Typical antibodies of most species contain six …

The bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) is a lentivirus and one of three mo~ hologically,
biologically, and genetically distinct Syria-inducing retroviruses (Table 1; Fig. 1) discovered …

We used in situ hybridization to detect hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection of peripheral blood
mononuclear cells (PBMNC) from 11 patients with chronic active hepatitis. Using 35S …

The conservative nature of animal evolution makes animal models the ideal tool for learning
about human biology. The Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Second Edition: Animal …

A virus causing Jembrana disease in Bali cattle (Bos javanicus) was demonstrated to have
characteristics of a retrovirus. Reverse transcriptase activity was detected in virus purified by …

The complete nucleotide sequence of the RNA genome of Jembrana disease virus (JDV), a
lentivirus that causes an acute disease syndrome in Bali cattle (Bos javanicus), is reported …

Two new isolates of bovine lentivirus, also known as bovine immunodeficiency-like virus
(BIV), were obtained from a seropositive cattle herd in Florida. This is the first report of new …

Abstract Of the 920 cows tested, 56.7% showed antiretroviral serological reactivity.
Prevalence rates (95% confidence interval) of antiretroviral antibodies among individual …

The bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) is a lentivirus which is known to infect cattle
worldwide. Though serological and genomic evidence of BIV in cattle has been found …