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|q1=What causes ''Blue eye disease '' in pigs?
|q1=What causes ''Blue eye disease '' in pigs?
|a1= ''Blue-eye paramyxovirus (BEP)'' - a negative sense single stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus.
|a1= ''Blue-eye paramyxovirus (BEP)'' - a negative sense single stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus.
|l1=Blue-Eye Paramyxovirus#Introduction
|l1=Blue Eye Disease#Introduction
|q2=What viruses are closely related to it?
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*Mumps virus
*Simian virus 5
|l2=Blue Eye Disease#Introduction
|q3=What are the properties of this virus?
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*Mainly spherical but it is polymorphic
*Enveloped - which is covered in surface projections
*135-148nm by 257-360nm
*buoyant density in sucrose gradients of 1.21 g/ml.
*Six structural proteins and the envelope nucleocapsid expresses hemagglutinin-neuraminidase and fusion and matrix proteins.
*Resistant to actinomycin D and sensitive to chloroform, formalin and beta propiolactone.
|l3=Blue Eye Disease#Introduction
|q2=What systems are affected by ''Blue eye disease''?
|q2=What systems are affected by ''Blue eye disease''?
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