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SUBMITTER: Mingzhang R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5756289 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mingzhang Rao R Zijun Zhao Z Lixia Yuan Y Jian Chen C Min Feng F Jie Zhang Z Ming Liao L Weisheng Cao C
Archives of virology 20171006 1
A novel avian leukosis viruses (ALV) subgroup named ALV-K was recently isolated from Chinese indigenous chickens which is different from the subgroups (A to E and J) that have previously been reported to infect chickens. More and more ALV-K strains have recently been isolated from local breeds of Chinese chickens. However, there are no more effective diagnostic methods for ALV-K other than virus isolation followed by envelope gene sequencing and comparison. Viral infection can be blocked through ...[more]