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High genetic diversity of Newcastle disease virus in poultry in West and Central Africa: cocirculation of genotype XIV and newly defined genotypes XVII and XVIII.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2013
Snoeck Chantal J, Owoade Ademola A, Couacy-Hymann Emmanuel, Alkali Bello R, Okwen Mbah P, Adeyanju Adeniyi T, Komoyo Giscard F, Nakouné Emmanuel, Le Faou Alain, Muller Claude P
Abstract excerpt
Despite rampant Newcastle disease virus (NDV) outbreaks in Africa for decades, the information about the genetic characteristics of the virulent strains circulating in West and Central Africa is still scarce. In this study, 96 complete NDV fusion gene sequences were obtained from poultry sampled in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, and Nigeria between 2006 and 2011. Based on rational criteria...
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