Dedicated to my dear friend
Dr. Edward K. Wagner
(May 4, 1940 to January 21, 2006)
who was responsible for inspiring my fascination in the life of the viruses.

References

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Direct Evidence for Natural Transmission of Small-Ruminant Lentiviruses of Subtype A4 from Goats to Sheep and Vice Versa
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Antibody Reactivity to the Immunodominant Epitopes of the Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis Virus gp38 Transmembrane Protein Associates with the Development of Arthritis
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B-cell epitopes of the envelope glycoprotein of caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus and antibody response in infected goats
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The illustration of the genome of CAEV was adapted from:
Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Complex
G. Bertoni
In: Recent Advances in Goat Diseases, Tempesta M. (editor)
International Veterinary Information Service Ithaca NY
Jul 42, 2007
www.ivis.org

Basic Virology, Third Edition, 2008
Edward K. Wagner, Martinez J. Hewlett, David C. Bloom, and David Camerini
Karin Christensen, illustrator
Blackwell Publishing

Immunobiology, Third Edition, 1997
Charles A. Janeway, Jr. and Paul Travers
Garland Publishing Inc.