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Emergence of a new genetic lineage of Newcastle disease virus in West and Central Africa--implications for diagnosis and control.
Veterinary microbiology - 19 May 2010
Cattoli G, Fusaro A, Monne I, Molia S, Le Menach A, Maregeya B, Nchare A, Bangana I, Maina A Garba, Koffi J-N N'Goran, Thiam H, Bezeid O E M A, Salviato A, Nisi R, Terregino C, Capua I
Abstract excerpt
Newcastle disease (ND) is an OIE listed disease caused by virulent avian paramyxovirus type 1 (APMV-1) strains, which affect many species of birds and may cause severe economic losses in the poultry sector. The disease has been officially and unofficially reported in many African countries and still remains the main poultry disease in commercial and rural chickens of Africa. Unfortunately, virological and...
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