Article
Phylogenetic and pathotypic characterization of newcastle disease viruses circulating in west Africa and efficacy of a current vaccine.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2013
Samuel Arthur, Nayak Baibaswata, Paldurai Anandan, Xiao Sa, Aplogan Gilbert L, Awoume Kodzo A, Webby Richard J, Ducatez Mariette F, Collins Peter L, Samal Siba K
Abstract excerpt
Newcastle disease (ND) is a deadly avian disease worldwide. In Africa, ND is enzootic and causes large economic losses, but little is known about the Newcastle disease virus (NDV) strains circulating in African countries. In this study, 27 NDV isolates collected from apparently healthy chickens i...
Topics
- Animals
- Benin
- Chickens
- Cluster Analysis
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Newcastle Disease
- Newcastle disease virus
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Survival Analysis
- Togo
- Viral Vaccines