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Phylogenetic distribution and predominant genotype of the avian infectious bronchitis virus in China during 2008-2009.
Virology journal - 22 Apr 2011
Ji Jun, Xie Jingwei, Chen Feng, Shu Dingming, Zuo Kejing, Xue Chunyi, Qin Jianping, Li Hongmei, Bi Yingzuo, Ma Jingyun, Xie Qingmei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The nephropathogenic avian infectious bronchitis (IB) caused unprecedented economic losses to the commercial chicken industry of China in 2008-2009. To investigate the prevalence of nephropathogenic IB in China, eighty IBV isolates from different provinces during 2008-2009 were identified by dwarf embryo test and RT-PCR. RESULTS: The strains were mostly isolated in winter and spring with a wide age...
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