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Received: 04 Aug 2025 | Revised: 08 Sep 2025 | Accepted: 29 Sep 2025 | Published: 30 Sep 2025

Abstract

Keywords

porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)2 | RNA virus | open reading frame 5 (ORF5) | mutation | vaccine

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