What is it about?
This study confirmed the presence of new genotypes: BPV-1, BPV-2, and BPV-13, which belong to the Bovine papillomavirus, for the first time in the DNA of Iraqi cattle.
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Why is it important?
Understanding BPV diversity and epidemiology is of critical importance for starting prevention strategies to cattle.
Perspectives
It is important to define all the infectious disease in the Iraqi environment that can cause economic losses, so this study helping to prevent and control BPV in Iraq.
Professor Ahmed Majeed Al-Shammari
Mustansiriyah University, Iraqi Cener for Cancer and Medical Genetic Research
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This page is a summary of: Molecular Epidemiology of Bovine Papillomatosis and Identification of Three Genotypes in Central Iraq, Intervirology, January 2017, Karger Publishers,
DOI: 10.1159/000486594.
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