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Real-time RT-PCR analysis of two epitope regions encoded by the VP2 gene of infectious bursal disease viruses.
Journal of virological methods - 1 Sept 2005
Mickael C S, Jackwood D J
Abstract excerpt
Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) causes an immunosuppressive disease in chickens and leads to severe economic losses in the poultry industry. Vaccination may not be effective if there is exposure of the vaccinated flock to a different antigenic subtype, which reinforces the importance of identification of new IBDV variants. The virus outer capsid is constituted of VP2, in which the major neutralizing...
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