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Genetic changes that accompanied shifts of low pathogenic avian influenza viruses toward higher pathogenicity in poultry.
Virulence - 15 Aug 2013
Abdelwhab El-Sayed M, Veits Jutta, Mettenleiter Thomas C
Abstract excerpt
Avian influenza viruses (AIV) of H5 and H7 subtypes exhibit two different pathotypes in poultry: infection with low pathogenic (LP) strains results in minimal, if any, health disturbances, whereas highly pathogenic (HP) strains cause severe morbidity and mortality. LPAIV of H5 and H7 subtypes can spontaneously mutate into HPAIV. Ten outbreaks caused by HPAIV are known to have been preceded by circulation of a...
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