| the relationship between capsid protein (vp2) sequence and pathogenicity of aleutian mink disease parvovirus (adv): a possible role for raccoons in the transmission of adv infections. | aleutian mink disease parvovirus (adv) dna was identified by pcr in samples from mink and raccoons on commercial ranches during an outbreak of aleutian disease (ad). comparison of dna sequences of the hypervariable portion of vp2, the major capsid protein of adv, indicated that both mink and raccoons were infected by a new isolate of adv, designated adv-tr. because the capsid proteins of other parvoviruses play a prominent role in the determination of viral pathogenicity and host range, we decid ... | 1996 | 8551624 |