Ancient chicken remains reveal the origins of virulence in Marek’s disease virus

The pronounced growth in livestock populations since the 1950s has altered the epidemiological and evolutionary trajectory of their associated pathogens. For example, Marek’s disease virus (MDV), which causes lymphoid tumors in chickens, has experienced a marked increase in virulence over the past c...

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Main Authors: Fiddaman, SR, Dimopoulos, EA, Lebrasseur, O, du Plessis, L, Vrancken, B, Charlton, S, Haruda, AF, Tabbada, K, Flammer, PG, Dascalu, S, Marković, N, Li, H, Franklin, G, Symmons, R, Baron, H, Daróczi-Szabó, L, Shaymuratova, DN, Askeyev, IV, Putelat, O, Sana, M, Davoudi, H, Fathi, H, Mucheshi, AS, Vahdati, AA, Zhang, L, Foster, A, Sykes, N, Baumberg, GC, Bulatović, J, Askeyev, AO, Askeyev, OV, Mashkour, M, Pybus, OG, Nair, V, Larson, G, Smith, AL, Frantz, LAF
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2023