Highly pathogenic fowlpox virus in cutaneously infected chickens, China.

ABSTRACT: We investigated an acute outbreak of the cutaneous form of fowlpox among chickens in China in November 2009. Using pathologic and virologic methods, we identified a novel type of fowlpox virus that carried an integrated genomic sequence of reticuloendotheliosis virus. This highly pathogenic virus could lead to severe ecologic effects and economic losses.

SUBMITTER: Zhao K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4073872 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature