Genetically Diverse Coronaviruses in Wild Bird Populations of Northern England
- Laura A. Hughes
- Carol Savage
- Clive Naylor
- Malcolm Bennett
- Julian Chantrey
- Richard Jones
Publication date
July 2009
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) causes a costly respiratory viral disease of chickens. The role of wild birds in the epidemiology of IBV is poorly understood. We detected diverse coronaviruses by PCR in wildfowl and wading birds in England. Sequence analysis showed some viruses to be related to IBV
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