Pathogenicity of a TW-like strain of infectious bronchitis virus and evaluation of the protection induced against it by a QX-like strain

Avian infectious bronchitis (IB), a highly contagious disease caused by avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), is of considerable economic importance to the poultry industry. New IBV TW-like strains have increasingly emerged in China in recent years; hence, evaluating their pathogenicity and devel...

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Main Authors: Shi-hong Yan, Yang Chen, Jing Zhao, Gang Xu, Ye Zhao, Guo-zhong Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01653/full