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Abrogation of Marek's disease virus replication using CRISPR/Cas9.
Scientific reports - 2 Jul 2020
Hagag Ibrahim T, Wight Darren J, Bartsch Denise, Sid Hicham, Jordan Ingo, Bertzbach Luca D, Schusser Benjamin, Kaufer Benedikt B
Abstract excerpt
Marek's disease virus (MDV) is a highly cell-associated alphaherpesvirus that causes deadly lymphomas in chickens. While vaccination protects against clinical symptoms, MDV field strains can still circulate in vaccinated flocks and continuously evolve towards greater virulence. MDV vaccines do not provide sterilizing immunity, allowing the virus to overcome vaccine protection, and has increased the need for more...
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