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Characterization of Newcastle disease viruses isolated from cormorant and gull species in the United States in 2010.
Avian diseases - 1 Mar 2012
Diel Diego G, Miller Patti J, Wolf Paul C, Mickley Randall M, Musante Anthony R, Emanueli Daniel C, Shively Kirk J, Pedersen Kerri, Afonso Claudio L
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Newcastle disease virus (NDV), a member of the genus Avulavirus of the family Paramyxoviridae, is the causative agent of Newcastle disease (ND), a highly contagious disease that affects many species of birds and which frequently causes significant economic losses to the poultry industry worldwide. Virulent NDV (vNDV) is exotic in poultry in the United States; however, the virus has been frequently associated with...
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