Article
Newcastle disease virus in Madagascar: identification of an original genotype possibly deriving from a died out ancestor of genotype IV.
PloS one - 15 Nov 2010
Maminiaina Olivier F, Gil Patricia, Briand François-Xavier, Albina Emmanuel, Keita Djénéba, Andriamanivo Harentsoaniaina Rasamoelina, Chevalier Véronique, Lancelot Renaud, Martinez Dominique, Rakotondravao R, Rajaonarison Jean-Joseph, Koko M, Andriantsimahavandy Abel A, Jestin Véronique, Servan de Almeida Renata
Abstract excerpt
In Madagascar, Newcastle disease (ND) has become enzootic after the first documented epizootics in 1946, with recurrent annual outbreaks causing mortality up to 40%. Four ND viruses recently isolated in Madagascar were genotypically and pathotypically characterised. By phylogenetic inference base...
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