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Phylogenetic analysis of infectious bronchitis virus circulating in southern China in 2016-2017 and evaluation of an attenuated strain as a vaccine candidate.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2021
Chen Libin, Xiang Bin, Hong Yanfen, Li Qian, Du Haoyun, Lin Qiuyan, Liao Ming, Ren Tao, Xu Chenggang
Abstract excerpt
Avian infectious bronchitis (IB) is a highly contagious viral respiratory disease, caused by infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), that poses an important economic threat to the poultry industry. In recent years, genotypes GI-7, GI-13, and GI-19 have been the most prevalent IBV strains in China. However, in this study, we found that most IBV strains from southern China in 2016-2017 belonged to genotype GVI-1. This...
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