Mapping of CD4+ T-cell epitopes in bovine leukemia virus from five cattle with differential susceptibilities to bovine leukemia virus disease progression

Serological and genomic detection of bovine leukemia virus in human and cattle samples

Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is a retrovirus responsible for lymphoproliferative disorders in cattle. Although infections of BLV in animals are well known, little is known about its capacity to infect humans. This study investigated the presence of anti-BLV antibodies and BLV proviruses in human and cattle samples. An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect anti-BL...

Serological and genomic detection of bovine leukemia virus in human and cattle samples

Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is a retrovirus responsible for lymphoproliferative disorders in cattle. Although infections of BLV in animals are well known, little is known about its capacity to infect humans. This study investigated the presence of anti-BLV antibodies and BLV proviruses in human and cattle samples. An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect anti-BL...

Attempt to eradicate bovine leukemia virus-infected cattle from herds.

Bovine immunodeficiency virus and bovine leukemia virus and their mixed infection in Iranian Holstein cattle.

INTRODUCTION Bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) and bovine leukemia virus (BLV) have worldwide distributions, but their prevalences in Iran are unknown. We investigated the presence of infections in Iranian Holstein cattle and determined changes in hematological values for infected animals. METHODOLOGY Nested PCR was used on blood samples from 143 animals Holstein cattle to detect proviral B...

Bovine leukemia virus genes in the DNA of leukemic cattle.

Reverse transcripts of the rna genome of the bovine leukemia virus (BLV) as well as 125I-labeled BLV RNA hybridize to the DNA of tissues from leukemic cattle with the adult form of the disease but not to bovine thymic lymphoma or normal bovine tissues.