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Genetic characterization of peste des petits ruminants virus, Turkey, 2009-2013.
Research in veterinary science - 1 Aug 2015
Şevik Murat, Sait Ahmet
Abstract excerpt
Peste des petits ruminants is an endemic disease of small ruminants in Turkey and vaccination has been the method of control but sporadic outbreaks have been reported. This study was carried out to characterize the local peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) by sequencing fusion (F) protein and nucleoprotein (N) gene segments and phylogenetic analysis, so as to focus on genetic variation in the field viruses....
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