| caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus: isolation and identification in rio grande do sul, brazil. | we describe the first report of caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (caev) isolation in brazil. in december 1989 a four-year old anglonubian arthritic doe was submitted to euthanasia and its synovial membranes were cultured by explantation. this doe was positive for antibodies to the caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (caev). the reverse transcriptase activity detected in culture supernatants, the characteristic cytopathic effect of lentivirus in these cultures, the detection of viral antigen ... | 1993 | 7511015 |