Genetic Characterization of the Belgian Nephropathogenic Infectious Bronchitis Virus (NIBV) Reference Strain B1648

The virulent nephropathogenic infectious bronchitis virus (NIBV) strain B1648 was first isolated in 1984, in Flanders, Belgium. Despite intensive vaccination, B1648 and its variants are still circulating in Europe and North Africa. Here, the full-length genome of this Belgian NIBV reference strain w...

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Main Authors: Vishwanatha R.A.P. Reddy, Sebastiaan Theuns, Inge D.M. Roukaerts, Mark Zeller, Jelle Matthijnssens, Hans J. Nauwynck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-08-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/7/8/2827