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Detection and expression of Bovine papillomavirus in blood of healthy and papillomatosis-affected cattle

M. A. R. Silva, De Albuquerque, B. M. F., Pontes, N. E., Coutinho, L. C. A., Leitão, M. C. G., Reis, M. C., Castro, R. S., and Freitas, A. C., Detection and expression of Bovine papillomavirus in blood of healthy and papillomatosis-affected cattle, vol. 12, pp. 3150-3156, 2013.

Papillomaviruses (PV) are double-stranded DNA viruses that can cause benignant and malignant tumors in amniotes. There are 13 types of bovine papillomavirus (BPV-1 to -13); they have been found in reproductive tissues and body fluids. Normally these viruses are detected in epithelial tissue. We looked for BPV in the blood of healthy cattle and cattle with papillomatosis, using PCR and RT-PCR. BPV types 1 and 2 were detected in 8/12 blood samples of asymptomatic bovines and in 8/9 samples from cattle with papillomatosis.

Bovine papillomavirus DNA in milk, blood, urine, semen, and spermatozoa of bovine papillomavirus-infected animals

C. J. Lindsey, Almeida, M. E., Vicari, C. F., Carvalho, C., Yaguiu, A., Freitas, A. C., Beçak, W., and Stocco, R. C., Bovine papillomavirus DNA in milk, blood, urine, semen, and spermatozoa of bovine papillomavirus-infected animals, vol. 8, pp. 310-318, 2009.

Papillomavirus infection in bovines is associated with cutaneous papillomatosis on the hide, udders and other epithelial tissues, as well as in oral respiratory, alimentary and urinary tract mucosa. Bovine papillomavirus (BPV) is also considered the etiological agent of esophageal tumors and the malignant bladder tumors that characterize the clinical condition associated with chronic enzootic hematuria.

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