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Genome sequence and origin analyses of the recombinant novel IBV virulent isolate SAIBK2.
Virus genes - 1 Aug 2016
Wu Xuan, Yang Xin, Xu Pengwei, Zhou Long, Zhang Zhikun, Wang Hongning
Abstract excerpt
Recombination between infectious bronchitis viruses (IBVs), together with point mutations, insertions, and deletions, is thought to be responsible for the emergence of new IBV variants. SAIBK2 is a nephropathogenic strain isolated from layer flocks vaccinated with live attenuated H120 vaccine in Sichuan province, China in 2011. SAIBK2 causes severe kidney lesions and results in 50 % mortality in 30-day-old...
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