| variants of the recently discovered avian gyrovirus 2 are detected in southern brazil and the netherlands. | a genome of a virus preliminarily named avian gyrovirus 2 (agv2), a close relative to chicken anemia virus, was recently discovered in a chicken in the state of rio grande do sul, southern brazil. to study the occurrence of agv2 in rio grande do sul and the neighboring state santa catarina, a number of adult chickens (n=108 and n=48, respectively) were tested for the presence of agv2 dna. an agv2-specific pcr was developed, optimized and used to analyze dna extracted from clinical samples. agv2 ... | 2011 | 22018524 |