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Molecular characterization of a virulent genotype VIId strain of Newcastle disease virus from farmed chickens in Shanghai.
Avian diseases - 1 Jun 2011
Yi Jianzhong, Liu Chengqian, Chen Bing, Wu Shuanglin
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A virulent Newcastle disease virus strain was isolated from diseased chickens in Shanghai, China. The isolated strain was initially characterized as highly virulent because of a short mean death time in embryonated chicken eggs and specific-pathogen-free chickens and was typed as neurotropic by intracloacal inoculation of chickens. The isolated strain had a dibasic amino acid motif in the fusion protein cleavage...
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