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Characterization of Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease Viruses from Poultry in Libya.
Avian diseases - 1 Sept 2015
Kammon Abdulwahab, Heidari Alireza, Dayhum Abdunaser, Eldaghayes Ibrahim, Sharif Monier, Monne Isabela, Cattoli Giovanni, Asheg Abdulatif, Farhat Milad, Kraim Elforjani
Abstract excerpt
On March 2013, the Libyan poultry industry faced severe outbreaks due to mixed infections of APMV-1 (Newcastle disease) and low pathogenic avian influenza (AI) of the H9N2 subtype which were causing high mortality and great economic losses. APMV-1 and H9N2 were isolated and characterized. Genetic sequencing of the APMV-1/chicken/Libya/13VIR/ 7225-1/2013 isolate revealed the presence of a velogenic APMV-1...
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