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Genetic Characterization of the Belgian Nephropathogenic Infectious Bronchitis Virus (NIBV) Reference Strain B1648.
Viruses - 7 Aug 2015
Reddy Vishwanatha R A P, Theuns Sebastiaan, Roukaerts Inge D M, Zeller Mark, Matthijnssens Jelle, Nauwynck Hans J
Abstract excerpt
The virulent nephropathogenic infectious bronchitis virus (NIBV) strain B1648 was first isolated in 1984, in Flanders, Belgium. Despite intensive vaccination, B1648 and its variants are still circulating in Europe and North Africa. Here, the full-length genome of this Belgian NIBV reference strain was determined by next generation sequencing (NGS) to understand its evolutionary relationship with other IBV...
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