Phenotypic and genetic characterisation of an emerging reovirus from Pekin ducks in China

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In June 2016, a disease characterised by intestinal haemorrhage with a mortality rate of approximately 5% was observed in a duck farm in Shandong province, China. Here, we report the isolation and characterisation of a reovirus from duck tissue samples by inoculating duck embryos and duck embryo fibroblasts (DEF). The isolate replicated in DEF and Vero cells and formed syncytia. Sequence analysis revealed that...

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