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Sequence comparisons of the variable VP2 region of eight infectious bursal disease virus isolates.
Avian diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Dormitorio T V, Giambrone J J, Duck L W
Abstract excerpt
The VP2 gene is part of the genomic segment A of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). It has been identified as the major host-protective antigen of IBDV and is known to contain conformationally dependent protective epitopes. A 643-base pair segment covering the hypervariable region of this gene from three recent serologic variant IBDV isolates from the southeastern United States, two variants from the...
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