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Analysis of Whole-Genome Sequences of Infectious laryngotracheitis Virus Isolates from Poultry Flocks in Canada: Evidence of Recombination.
Viruses - 12 Nov 2020
Perez Contreras Ana, van der Meer Frank, Checkley Sylvia, Joseph Tomy, King Robin, Ravi Madhu, Peters Delores, Fonseca Kevin, Gagnon Carl A, Provost Chantale, Ojkic Davor, Abdul-Careem Mohamed Faizal
Abstract excerpt
Infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV) is a herpes virus that causes an acute respiratory disease of poultry known as infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT). Chicken embryo origin (CEO) and tissue culture origin (TCO) live attenuated vaccines are routinely used for the control of ILT. However, vaccine virus is known to revert to virulence, and it has been recently shown that ILT field viral strains can undergo...
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