Article
Selection of variants of avian infectious bronchitis virus showing tropism for different organs.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 1990
Otsuki K, Matsuo K, Maeda N, Sanekata T, Tsubokura M
Abstract excerpt
Avian infectious bronchitis virus strain Kagoshima-34 isolated from the kidneys of a chicken that died of nephrosis/nephritis lost its nephropathogenicity during intratracheal passage in SPF chickens. The resultant virus acquired stronger respirotropism but reduced tropism for kidneys. On the oth...
Topics
- Animals
- Chickens
- Coronaviridae Infections
- Genetic Variation
- Infectious bronchitis virus
- Kidney
- Neutralization Tests
- Organ Specificity
- Respiratory System
- Trachea
