Development of a qPCR Tool for Detection, Quantification, and Molecular Characterization of Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus Variants in Chile from 2019 to 2023.

ABSTRACT: Infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILT) is the pathogen responsible for a respiratory ailment that has resulted in significant economic losses in the poultry industry, primarily due to high morbidity and mortality rates, as well as diminished egg production. However, for small producers living near the coast, where backyard flocks are located in rural areas, respiratory illness may pose a public health risk rather than an economic one, which must be considered in the differential diagnosis of ILT. Therefore, in this research, we focused on developing an efficient tool to detect, quantify, and classify infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV) field variants. Our results demonstrates that qPCR detected positive samples collected between 2019 and 2023 in flocks exhibiting clinical signs of

SUBMITTER: Gatica T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12153605 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature