genetic typing and epidemiologic observation of bovine viral diarrhea virus in western china. | whole blood samples (472) were collected during the period of 2006-2008 from 15 cattle farms in seven districts of the xinjiang uygur autonomous region, which is a major pastoral area and represents 1/6 of chinese territory. bovine viral diarrhea virus (bvdv) was detected by nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay (rt-npcr) and sequenced within the 5'-untranslated region of the genome. approximately 43% (202 samples) were bvdv-positive. of the positive samples, 24 were chose ... | 2011 | 21132458 |