Abstract
Ovine progressive pneumonia virus (OPPV) is a lentivirus which causes a progressive disease in sheep. Immunodominant epitopes have been identified in the envelope gp40 glycoprotein. Synthetic peptides representing these regions are able to detect the presence of OPPV antibodies in 96% of infected sheep.
Publication types
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Comparative Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Antibodies, Viral / blood*
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / veterinary
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Immunodiffusion / veterinary
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Lentivirus Infections / blood
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Lentivirus Infections / immunology
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Lentivirus Infections / microbiology
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Lentivirus Infections / veterinary*
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Lentiviruses, Ovine-Caprine / immunology*
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Oligopeptides
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Pneumonia, Viral / blood
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Pneumonia, Viral / immunology
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Pneumonia, Viral / microbiology
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Pneumonia, Viral / veterinary*
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Sheep
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Sheep Diseases / blood
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Sheep Diseases / immunology
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Sheep Diseases / microbiology*
Substances
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Antibodies, Viral
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Oligopeptides