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Detection of Tilapia Lake Virus Using Conventional RT-PCR and SYBR Green RT-qPCR
Published on: November 10, 2018
Retroviruses of wild and cultured fish
1Department of Fish Pathology and Immunology, Inland Fisheries Institute, Oczapowskiego 10, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland.
Abstract:
Retroviruses comprise a large group of enveloped RNA viruses which have been found in a wide range of vertebrate species including fish. To date a number of fish retrovirus genomes have been partially or completely sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis and genome organization indicate a high diversity of fish retroviruses as well as some unique structural features that have not been found in any other retroviruses. Piscine retroviruses comprise both exogenous and endogenous viruses; most of them are associated with proliferative diseases. Because several of these proliferative diseases have a seasonal trend, they provide an excellent model for studying tumor development and regression. The aim of this work was to review the best-described fish retroviruses.
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