Absence of evidence for porcine circovirus type 2 in cattle and humans, and lack of seroconversion or lesions in experimentally infected sheep

G M Allan; F McNeilly; I McNair; M D Curran; I Walker; J Ellis; C Konoby; S Kennedy; B Meehan

doi:10.1007/s007050050678

Absence of evidence for porcine circovirus type 2 in cattle and humans, and lack of seroconversion or lesions in experimentally infected sheep

Arch Virol. 2000;145(4):853-7. doi: 10.1007/s007050050678.

Authors

G M Allan¹, F McNeilly, I McNair, M D Curran, I Walker, J Ellis, C Konoby, S Kennedy, B Meehan

Affiliation

¹ Veterinary Sciences Division, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

PMID: 10893163
DOI: 10.1007/s007050050678

Abstract

No antibodies to porcine circovirus type 2 were detected in sera from cattle, sheep and humans. Experimental infection of lambs with this virus failed to produce lesions or seroconversion.

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Viral / blood*
Cattle / virology*
Circoviridae Infections / immunology
Circoviridae Infections / veterinary*
Circovirus / immunology
Circovirus / isolation & purification*
Humans
Sheep
Sheep Diseases / immunology*
Swine / virology*

Substances

Antibodies, Viral