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Homologous recombination is apparent in infectious bursal disease virus.
Virology - 5 Feb 2009
He Cheng-Qiang, Ma Le-Yuan, Wang Dong, Li Guo-Rong, Ding Nai-Zheng
Abstract excerpt
Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is a non-enveloped double-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Birnaviridae family. It shows substantial variation in the major antigen region of the viral capsid protein VP2, where a hypervariable region plays a key role in the virulence of IBDV and its epitope. This study identifies several putative recombinants from previously published data to suggest that homologous...
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