Retrospective study on Porcine circovirus-2 by nested pcr and real time pcr in archived tissues from 1978 in brazil

Fernanda Miquelitto Figueira da Silva; Abelardo Silva Júnior; Ethel Fernandes de Oliveira Peternelli; Vinícius Winter Viana; Orlando Chiarelli Neto; Juliana Lopes Rangel Fietto; Marlene Izabel Vargas; Luís Augusto Nero; Márcia Rogéria de Almeida

doi:10.1590/S1517-838220110003000039

Retrospective study on Porcine circovirus-2 by nested pcr and real time pcr in archived tissues from 1978 in brazil

Braz J Microbiol. 2011 Jul;42(3):1156-60. doi: 10.1590/S1517-838220110003000039. Epub 2011 Sep 1.

Authors

Fernanda Miquelitto Figueira da Silva¹, Abelardo Silva Júnior, Ethel Fernandes de Oliveira Peternelli, Vinícius Winter Viana, Orlando Chiarelli Neto, Juliana Lopes Rangel Fietto, Marlene Izabel Vargas, Luís Augusto Nero, Márcia Rogéria de Almeida

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa , Viçosa, MG , Brasil.

Abstract

Porcine circovirus-2 (PCV-2) infection is currently considered an important disease of swine. The pathogenic agent was first described in Brazil in 2000. This study detected the PCV-2 DNA in four Brazilian pig tissues collected between 1978 and 1979. This observation is the oldest description of this virus in Brazil.

Keywords: Brazil; PCV-2; retrospective study.