Marina Mechler

Introduction: The members of the Pestivirus genus are antigenically related, consequently cross-infections, such as BVDV infections in swine, are often reported. The virus neutralization assay (VN) is the standard diagnostic assay for BVDV infections in cattle according to the OIE. However, very little information is available in the scientific literature about the use of VN to detect and quantify ...

1. IntroductionClassical swine fever (CSF) is one of the most important infectious viral disease of domestic pigs and wild boars, caused by the classical swine fever virus (CSFV), which belongs to the species Pestivirus C, is an enveloped RNA virus belonging to the growing genus Pestivirus, within the family Flaviviridae [1–3]. CSFV strains can be divided into three genotypes, with three to ...

1. Updates on BVDV Infection in SwineBovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is an infection caused by the bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), belonging to the genus Pestivirus, family Flaviviridae, with single-stranded positive polarity RNA [1]. Viruses belonging to the Pestivirus genus infect hosts of several animal species and include viral agents of great impact for animal production [2,3]. The Pestivirus ...