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A novel genotype of avian infectious bronchitis virus isolated in Japan in 2009.
The Journal of veterinary medical science - 1 Oct 2010
Mase Masaji, Kawanishi Nahoko, Ootani Yoshiko, Murayama Kazunori, Karino Ayako, Inoue Toshikazu, Kawakami Junko
Abstract excerpt
Avian infectious bronchitis viruses (IBVs) isolated from commercial layer flocks kept in Ibaraki Prefecture in 2009 were genetically and serologically characterized. Reverse transcription-PCR coupled with direct nucleotide sequencing and GenBank BLAST database analysis of the hypervariable region of the S1 subunit of the virus spike gene showed that these isolates are genetically very different from the...
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