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SUBMITTER: Kwon JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2833431 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kwon Ji-Sun JS Lee Hyun-Jeong HJ Jeong Seung-Hwan SH Park Jeong-Yong JY Hong Young-Ho YH Lee Youn-Jeong YJ Youn Ho-Sik HS Lee Dong-Woo DW Do Sun-Hee SH Park Seung-Yong SY Choi In-Soo IS Lee Joong-Bok JB Song Chang-Seon CS
Journal of veterinary science 20100301 1
Avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) causes upper respiratory tract infections in chickens and turkeys. Although the swollen head syndrome (SHS) associated with aMPV in chickens has been reported in Korea since 1992, this is the study isolating aMPV from chickens in this country. We examined 780 oropharyngeal swab or nasal turbinate samples collected from 130 chicken flocks to investigate the prevalence of aMPV and to isolate aMPV from chickens from 2004-2008. Twelve aMPV subtype A and 13 subtype B stra ...[more]