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Competitive replication of different genotypes of infectious bursal disease virus on chicken embryo fibroblasts.
Virus genes - 1 Aug 2009
Shi Lixue, Li Haibin, Ma Guangpeng, Zhou Jiyong, Hong Lianlian, Zheng Xiaojuan, Wu Yongping, Wang Yongzhi, Yan Yan
Abstract excerpt
Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) causes immunosuppression in chickens. We investigated the molecular changes in chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) adapted IBDV by genomic sequencing. IBDV were serially passaged in CEF and chickens were infected with the IBDV obtained after different numbers of passages in CEF. Chicken infections showed that 16th, 20th, and 21st passage viruses were pathogenic, while 26th and...
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