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Biological and phylogenetic characterization of pigeon paramyxovirus serotype 1 circulating in wild North American pigeons and doves.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2008
Kim L Mia, King Daniel J, Guzman Hilda, Tesh Robert B, Travassos da Rosa Amelia P A, Bueno Rudy, Dennett James A, Afonso Claudio L
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As part of West Nile virus surveillance programs in Rhode Island and eastern Texas between 2000 and 2007, brain tissue was collected from 5,608 dead birds representing 21 avian orders found in public places or reported by homeowners. Fifteen Newcastle disease virus isolates were recovered only from birds of the order Columbiformes and were positively identified by the USDA-validated real-time reverse...
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