       Document 0562
 DOCN  M9640562
 TI    Detection and isolation of bovine immunodeficiency-like virus (BIV) in
       dairy herds of Costa Rica.
 DT    9604
 AU    Hidalgo G; Flores M; Bonilla JA; Centro de Investigacion en Biologia
       Celular y Molecular; Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro.
 SO    Zentralbl Veterinarmed [B]. 1995 May;42(3):155-61. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/96164783
 AB    Serological (Western blot) detection of bovine immunodeficiency-like
       virus (BIV) in Holstein dairy herds is reported in Costa Rica for the
       first time, as well as the isolation of the virus, from a seropositive
       bovine, by cocultivation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)
       with embryonic rabbit epithelial (EREp) cells. The isolated strain,
       BIVCR1, reacted similarly in Western blot as the reference strain BIV
       R29 and is clearly distinguishable from bovine leukaemia virus (BLV).
       The data suggest an association between BIV infections and BLV
       infections, as it has been reported elsewhere. From these results it can
       be concluded that BIV is present in Costa Rica and it is suggested that
       these viral infections will probably follow the epidemiological
       parameters of BLV infections in Costa Rica, reaching high infection
       rates in dairy herds.
 DE    Animal  Cattle  Cattle Diseases/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*VIROLOGY  Costa
       Rica/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Female  Immunodeficiency Virus, Bovine/*ISOLATION &
       PURIF  Lentivirus Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*VETERINARY/VIROLOGY  Support,
       Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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