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Study of host-pathogen interactions to identify sustainable vaccine strategies to Marek's disease.
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology - 1 Aug 2004
Baaten B J G, Butter C, Davison T F
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Marek's disease virus is a highly cell-associated, lymphotropic alpha-herpesvirus that causes paralysis and neoplastic disease in chickens. The disease has been contained by vaccination with attenuated viruses and provides the first evidence for a malignant cancer being controlled by an antiviral vaccine. Marek's disease pathogenesis is complex, involving cytolytic and latent infection of lymphoid cells and...
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