ISSN 2736-1756
Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 2017
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Full Length Research Paper
Molecular prevalence for Bovine immunodeficiency virus infection in Iranian cattle population
Elahe Tajbakhsh1*, Gholamreza Nikbakht Borujeni2, Hassan Momtazan3 and Nour Amirmozafari4
1Department of Basic Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University Tehran .Tehran Iran.
2Departemant of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Gholamreza Nikbakht Borujeni, Tehran Iran.
3Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University of Shahrekord, Hassan Momtaz, Shahrekord-Iran.
4Iran University of Medical Sciences, Nour amirmozafari, Tehran, Iran.
Accepted 11 May, 2016
Abstract
Bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV), a member of the family Retroviridae, is an infectious pathogenic lentivirus in cattle. Although, BIV induced cattle infections are reported in several countries of the world, its prevalence in Iran is not clearly known. In this investigation, we report the detection of proviral DNA sequence of BIV in 300 blood samples of cattle by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using oligonucleotiode primers specific for the gag gene region of the virus. Blood samples were taken from Chaharmahale Bakhtiary province. According to the PCR results, infection rate in the cattle population were 60%. This is the first report for the presence of BIV in cattle and sheep population of Chaharmahale Bakhtiary province, and the first evidence for sheep infection.
Key words: Bovine immunodeficiency virus, cattle, Chaharmahale Bakhtiary province, Iran, PCR.