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SUBMITTER: Absalon AE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6520322 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Absalón A E AE Cortés-Espinosa Diana V DV Lucio E E Miller P J PJ Afonso C L CL
Tropical animal health and production 20190315 5
Newcastle disease (ND) infects wild birds and poultry species worldwide, severely impacting the economics of the poultry industry. ND is especially problematic in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru) where it is either endemic or re-emerging. The disease is caused by infections with one of the different strains of virulent avian Newcastle disease virus (NDV), recently renamed Avian avulavirus 1. Here, we describe the molecular epidemiology of Latin American NDVs, current control ...[more]