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Whole-genome sequencing of genotype VI Newcastle disease viruses from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues from wild pigeons reveals continuous evolution and previously unrecognized genetic diversity in the U.S.
Virology journal - 12 Jan 2018
He Ying, Taylor Tonya L, Dimitrov Kiril M, Butt Salman L, Stanton James B, Goraichuk Iryna V, Fenton Heather, Poulson Rebecca, Zhang Jian, Brown Corrie C, Ip Hon S, Isidoro-Ayza Marcos, Afonso Claudio L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Newcastle disease viruses (NDV) are highly contagious and cause disease in both wild birds and poultry. A pigeon-adapted variant of genotype VI NDV, often termed pigeon paramyxovirus 1, is commonly isolated from columbids in the United States and worldwide. Complete genomic characterization of these genotype VI viruses circulating in wild columbids in the United States is limited, and due to the...
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