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Genetic diversity of avian infectious bronchitis coronavirus in recent years in China.
Avian diseases - 1 Mar 2012
Ma Huijie, Shao Yuhao, Sun Chuyang, Han Zongxi, Liu Xiaoli, Guo Hongbo, Liu Xiaozhen, Kong Xiangang, Liu Shengwang
Abstract excerpt
Fifty-six isolates of avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) were obtained from different field outbreaks in China in 2010, and they were genotyped by comparison with 19 reference strains in the present study. The results showed that LX4-type isolates are still the predominant IBVs circulating in chicken flocks in China, and these isolates could be grouped further into two clusters. Viruses in each cluster had...
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