Article
Genomic and biological characterization of a velogenic Newcastle disease virus isolated from a healthy backyard poultry flock in 2010.
Virology journal - 16 Feb 2012
Munir Muhammad, Abbas Muhammad, Khan Muhammad Tanveer, Zohari Siamak, Berg Mikael
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Newcastle disease virus (NDV) causes severe and economically important disease in poultry around the globe. None of NDV strains in Pakistan have been completely characterized and the role of rural poultry in harbouring NDV is unclear. Since they have a very important role for long-term circulation of the virus, samples were collected from apparently healthy backyard poultry (BYP) flocks. These samples...
Topics
- Animals
- Chick Embryo
- Cluster Analysis
- Conserved Sequence
- Genome, Viral
- Genotype
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Newcastle Disease
- Newcastle disease virus
- Pakistan
- Phylogeny
