Publications

detection of a novel strain of porcine circovirus in pigs with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome.	swine infectious agents, especially viruses, are potential public health risks associated with the use of pig organs for xenotransplantation in humans. therefore, there is a need for better characterization of swine viruses and for the development of diagnostic tests for their detection. we report here isolation of a novel strain of porcine circovirus (pcv) from pigs with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (pmws). affected pigs exhibited severe interstitial pneumonia and lymphoid depleti ...	1998	9705388
detection of two porcine circovirus type 2 genotypic groups in united states swine herds.	in late 2005, sporadic cases of an acute onset disease of high mortality were observed in 10- to 16-week-old growing pigs among several swine herds of the united states. tissues from the affected pigs in kansas, iowa, and north carolina were examined, and porcine circovirus type 2 (pcv2) was detected consistently among these tissues. phylogenetically, pcv2 can be divided into two major genotypic groups, pcv2-group 1 and pcv2-group 2. whereas pcv2-group 1 isolates were detected in all the disease ...	2007	17219018
increased prevalence of torque teno viruses in porcine respiratory disease complex affected pigs.	the role of swine torque teno sus viruses (ttsuvs) as co-factors in disease syndromes involving porcine circovirus strain 2 (pcv2) and porcine reproductive and respiratory disease syndrome virus (prrsv) has been a debatable subject. in this study, the prevalence of ttsuvs in iowa, the leading pork producing state in the u.s., was estimated by a duplex pcr. the pcr is capable of simultaneously detecting both teno sus viruses 1 and 2 (ttsuv1 and 2). based on an analysis of 300 random samples repre ...	2011	22227415