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Susceptibility of different chicken lines to H7N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus and the role of Mx gene polymorphism coding amino acid position 631.
Virology - 10 Oct 2008
Sironi Laura, Williams John L, Moreno-Martin Ana M, Ramelli Paola, Stella Alessandra, Jianlin Han, Weigend Steffen, Lombardi Guerino, Cordioli Paolo, Mariani Paola
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Five chicken lines were experimentally infected with a HPAI H7N1 virus, to examine the variation in susceptibility to infection. Three lines showed high susceptibility to the virus, while two showed some resistance, with 7 out of 20, and 11 out of 15 birds, respectively, remaining healthy and sur...
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