Ashenafi Kiros Wubshet, Guo-Xiu Li, Qian Li, Jun-Fei Dai, Yao-Zhong Ding, Luoyi Zhou, Min Qu, Yang Wang, Zhongyuan Ma, Gebremeskel Mamu Werid, Birhanu Hadush Abera, Asmelash Tassew Kebede, Yuefeng Sun, Xiangping Yin, Yongsheng Liu, Zhang Jie
BACKGROUND: Bovine parvovirus (BPV) is an autonomous DNA virus with a smaller molecular size and subtle differences in its structural proteins, unlike other animal parvoviruses. More importantly, this virus has the potential to produce visible to silent economic catastrophes in the livestock business, despite receiving very little attention. Parvoviral virus-like particles (VLPs) as vaccines and as logistical platforms for vaccine deployment are well studied. However, no single experimental report on the role of VP1 in the assembly and stability of BPV-VLPs is available...
April 19, 2024: Virology Journal