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Molecular characteristics of segment B of seven very virulent infectious bursal disease viruses isolated in China.
Virus genes - 1 Oct 2010
Yu Fei, Qi Xiaole, Yuwen Yanqing, Wang Yongqiang, Gao Honglei, Gao Yulong, Qin Litin, Wang Xiaomei
Abstract excerpt
Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is a birnavirus that causes immunosuppressive disease in chickens. Segment B of IBDV encodes the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase VP1, which is involved in virulence. We sequenced and analyzed segment B from seven Chinese IBDV isolates, all belonging to very virulent IBDV (vvIBDV), and clustered into Branches II and III. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that segment B of the HLJ...
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