Evaluation of factors influencing the development of late Marek`s disease virus-induced immunosuppression: virus pathotype and host sex

Marek’s disease virus (MDV) is a herpesvirus that induces lymphoma and immunosuppression in chickens. MDV-induced immunosuppression (MDV-IS) is complex and can be divided into two phases: early-MDV-IS associated with cytolytic infection in the lymphoid organs in chickens lacking maternal antibodies...

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Main Authors: Nik Mohd Azmi, Nik Mohd Faiz, Cortes, Aneg L., Guy, James S., Fletcher, Oscar J., Cimino, Thomas, Gimeno, Isabel M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61784/1/Evaluation%20of%20factors%20influencing%20the%20development%20of%20late%20Marek%E2%80%99s%20disease%20virus-induced%20immunosuppression.pdf