Close Relationship of Ruminant Pestiviruses and Classical Swine Fever Virus

Alexander Postel, Stefanie Schmeiser, Tuba Çiğdem Oğuzoğlu, Daniela Indenbirken, Malik Alawi, Nicole Fischer, Adam Grundhoff, Paul Becher

Emerging infectious diseases · 2015 · 44 citations · 9 references

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To determine why serum from small ruminants infected with ruminant pestiviruses reacted positively to classical swine fever virus (CSFV)-specific diagnostic tests, we analyzed 2 pestiviruses from Turkey. They differed genetically and antigenically from known Pestivirus species and were closely related to CSFV. Cross-reactions would interfere with classical swine fever diagnosis in pigs.

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