Complete Genome Sequence of Genotype Ib Newcastle Disease Virus Isolated from a Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in Russia.
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SUBMITTER: Yurchenko KS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4669403 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
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Complete Genome Sequence of Genotype Ib Newcastle Disease Virus Isolated from a Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in Russia.
Yurchenko Kseniya S KS Sobolev Ivan A IA Glushchenko Alexandra V AV Shestopalov Alexander M AM
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We report here the complete genome sequence of a Newcastle disease virus isolate, NDV/Yakutiya/mallard/852/2011, isolated from a mallard in Russia. On the basis of phylogenetic analysis, this strain was clustered into class II genotype Ib. ...[more]
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