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Characterization of a new genotype and serotype of infectious bronchitis virus in Western Africa.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Nov 2009
Ducatez Mariette F, Martin Ana Moreno, Owoade Ademola A, Olatoye Isaac O, Alkali Bello R, Maikano Issoufou, Snoeck Chantal J, Sausy Aurelie, Cordioli Paolo, Muller Claude P
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Between 2002 and 2007, more than 1000 chickens from commercial farms, live bird markets and backyard farms in Nigeria and Niger were tested for the presence of the infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) genome. Phylogenetic analysis of full-length sequences of the spike 1 (S1) gene revealed a new geno...
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