Biological Factors

Studies from P.B. Kalemkerian and Colleagues Yield New Information about Biological Factors

Published in Health and Medicine Week, October 17th, 2011

2011 OCT 17 -- According to the authors of a study from Buenos Aires, Argentina, "We investigated the association of equine arteritis virus (EAV) infection and three short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphisms located within or in close proximity to equine lymphocyte antigen (ELA) region. We used a case-control design as a first approach before proceeding to select candidate genes."

"One hundred and sixty-five Silla Argentino horses were taken in 2002 from positive serological detections of EAV in Argentina, to determine whether STR genotypes were correlated to genetic susceptibility to EVA. Allele frequency distribution did not show significant differences...

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Source: Health and Medicine Week (2011-10-17)

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