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Herpesvirus of turkey reconstituted from bacterial artificial chromosome clones induces protection against Marek's disease
9 Mar 2006
Abstract excerpt
Herpesvirus of turkey (HVT) is an alphaherpesvirus that is widely used as a live vaccine against Marek's disease because of its antigenic relationship with Marek's disease virus (MDV). In spite of a similar genome structure, HVT has several unique genes, the functions of which are not completely understood. As a first step in carrying out detailed analysis of the functions of the HVT genes, a full-length...
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