Monitoring Proviral DNA Of Jembrana Disease Virus In Bali Cattle Using PCR

Cytometric Analysis of Lymphocyte Subset Kinetics in Bali Cattle Experimentally Infected with Jembrana Disease Virus, Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Vaccination reduces the viral load and the risk of transmission of Jembrana disease virus in Bali cattle.

The efficacy of a tissue-derived vaccine, which is currently used in Indonesia to control the spread of Jembrana disease in Bali cattle, was determined by quantifying the viral load in plasma following experimental infection with Jembrana disease virus. Virus transmission is most likely to occur during the acute phase of infection when viral titers are greater than 10(6) genomes/ml. Vaccinated ...

Quantification of proviral DNA load of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 subtypes A and B using real-time PCR.

HIV-2 infection is confined mostly to West Africa. Seven HIV-2 subtypes have so far been described; only HIV-2 subtypes A and B are prevalent, the others being considered self-limiting infections at the epidemiological level. The main limitation for the HIV-2 DNA proviral quantification is the lack of HIV-2 DNA standard. We designed and tested a new HIV-2 primer couple that amplifies both the H...

Jembrana Disease and the Bovine Lentiviruses

An outbreak of a new disease was reported in the Jembrana district of BaU province, Indonesia, in 1964. At first, it was reported to affect Bali cattle (Bos javanicus syn Bos sondaicus) and buffaloes (Bubalis bubalis), but only Bali cattle were reported in the later outbreaks in Bali and elsewhere in Indonesia. The disease was diagnosed firstly as a rinderpest-like disease and subsequently name...

Monitoring of wild birds for Newcastle disease virus in Switzerland using real time RT-PCR.

Wild birds are considered to be the natural reservoir of the Newcastle disease virus (NDV; avian paramyxovirus-1) causing New-castle disease, and are often suspected to be involved in outbreaks in domesticated birds. To assess the epidemiologic status of wild birds living, or overwintering, in Switzerland, 3,049 cloacal swabs covering the period 2003-2006 were screened for NDV, using real time ...