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A genome-wide association study identifies major loci affecting the immune response against infectious bronchitis virus in chicken.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Luo Chenglong, Qu Hao, Ma Jie, Wang Jie, Hu Xiaoxiang, Li Ning, Shu Dingming
Abstract excerpt
Coronaviruses are a hot research topic because they can cause severe diseases in humans and animals. Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), belonging to gamma-coronaviruses, causes a highly infectious respiratory viral disease and can result in catastrophic economic losses to the poultry industry worldwide. Unfortunately, the genetic basis of the host immune responses against IBV is poorly understood. In the present...
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