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First characterization of a Middle-East GI-23 lineage (Var2-like) of infectious bronchitis virus in Europe.
Virus research - 15 Oct 2017
Lisowska Anna, Sajewicz-Krukowska Joanna, Fusaro Alice, Pikula Anna, Domanska-Blicharz Katarzyna
Abstract excerpt
Variants assigned to GI-23 lineage of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), formerly called Var2, have circulated for nearly 20 years only in countries of the Middle East. Strains of this lineage were first identified in Israel in 1998. More severe form of the virus appeared in 2006, when the second wave of Var2 epidemic has spread over the Middle East region. The present study describes the detection and detailed...
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