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Highly divergent virulent isolates of Newcastle disease virus from the Dominican Republic are members of a new genotype that may have evolved unnoticed for over 2 decades.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2013
Courtney Sean C, Susta Leonardo, Gomez Dejelia, Hines Nichole L, Pedersen Janice C, Brown Corrie C, Miller Patti J, Afonso Claudio L
Abstract excerpt
A Newcastle disease virus (NDV) outbreak in chickens was reported in the Dominican Republic in 2008. The complete genome of this isolate, chicken/DominicanRepublic(JuanLopez)/499-31/2008 (NDV-DR499-31/08), and the fusion proteins of three other related viruses from the Dominican Republic and Mexico were sequenced and phylogenetically analyzed. Genetically, these four isolates were highly distinct from all other...
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