Characterization of Western European Field Isolates and Vaccine Strains of Avian Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus by Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and Sequence Analysis

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Infectious laryngotracheitis is a dramatic disease of the upper respiratory tract in poultry caused by a herpesvirus. In this study we investigated the characteristics of western European field isolates of infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV) to gain more information on their diversity. The examined 104 isolates, collected from acute outbreaks during the last 35 years, originated from eight different...

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