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    • Bucarey Vivanco, Sergio; Pujol, Myriam; Poblete, Joaquín; Núñez, Ignacio; Tapia, Cecilia V.; Neira Carrillo, Andrónico; Martínez, Jonatán; Bassa, Oliver (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2)-associated diseases are a major problem for the swine industry worldwide. In addition to improved management and husbandry practices, the availability of several anti-PCV2 ...
    • Noriega, Jorge; Reyes, Paulina; Bucarey Vivanco, Sergio (Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, 2007-12)
      Los circovirus porcinos tipo 1 y tipo 2 (PCV-1 y PCV-2) son virus muy pequeños (17 nm), no envueltos, de simetría icosahédrica (Tisher y col., 1982), con un DNA circular de hebra simple de aproximadamente 1.700 nucleótidos ...
    • Neira Ramírez, Victor; Ramos, Natalia; Tapia Tapia, Rodrigo; Arbiza, Juan; Neira Carrillo, Andrónico; Quezada, Manuel; Ruiz, Álvaro; Bucarey Vivanco, Sergio (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017)
      Background: Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is a very small, non-enveloped and icosahedral virus, with circular single stranded DNA genome. This virus is the most ubiquitous and persistent pathogen currently affecting the ...
    • Tapia, Rodrigo; García, Victoria; Mena, Juan; Bucarey Vivanco, Sergio; Medina, Rafael A.; Neira Ramírez, Víctor (BioMed Central, 2018)
      Novel H1N2 and H3N2 swine influenza A viruses (IAVs) were identified in commercial farms in Chile. These viruses contained H1, H3 and N2 sequences, genetically divergent from IAVs described worldwide, associated with ...
    • Bucarey Vivanco, Sergio; Noriega, Jorge; Reyes, Paulina; Tapia Paredes, Cecilia; Sáenz Iturriaga, Leonardo Enrique; Zúñiga Páez, Alejandro; Tobar, Jaime A. (2009)
      Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2)-associated diseases are considered to be the biggest problem for the worldwide swine industry. The PCV2 capsid protein (Cap) is an important antigen for development of vaccines. At present, ...