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Differentiation of virulent and non‐virulent strains of Newcastle disease virus within 24 hours by polymerase chain reaction
1 Dec 1997
Abstract excerpt
Fast diagnosis of Newcastle disease is a prerequisite for confining outbreaks. Diagnosis implies the differentation of virulent and non-virulent Newcastle disease viruses (NDV). However, conventional methods, i.e. isolation of the virus and determination of the intracerebal pathogenicity index, take at least 5 days. Therefore, we investigated whether diagnosis can be performed by using the reverse...
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