Preliminary molecular characterization of a fowl poxvirus isolate in Grenada

Avian Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1081-1085

  Arathy, D S ^a   Tripathy, D N ^b   Sabarinath, G P ^a   Bhaiyat, M I ^a   Chikweto, A ^a   Matthew, V ^a   Sharma, R N ^a  

^a St George's University   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

avipox; characterization; REV

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FOWLPOX; FOWLPOX VIRUS; GENETICS; GRENADA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DNA, VIRAL; FOWLPOX; FOWLPOX VIRUS; GRENADA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AVES; FOWLPOX VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS VIRUS;

EID: 77956993549     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9015-081709-ResNote.1     Document Type: Article

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