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Phylogenetic analysis of the polyprotein coding region of an infectious South African bursal disease virus (IBDV) strain.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Vukea Phillia R, Willows-Munro Sandi, Horner Roger F, Coetzer Theresa H T
Abstract excerpt
Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) causes Gumboro disease, which is highly contagious and immunosuppressive in young chickens. A virulent form of IBDV reached South Africa in 1989 and to date there has been little molecular information available for this strain. In this study, the polyprotein coding region of the South African strain SA-KZN95 was sequenced and analysed along with 52 representative sequences...
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