Infectious Bursal Disease Virus in Algeria: Persistent Circulation of Very Virulent Strains in Spite of Control Efforts
Chafik Redha Messaï, Nadia Safia Chenouf, Oussama Khalouta, Abdelhafid Chorfa, Omar Salhi, Claudia Maria Tucciarone, Francesca Poletto, Giovanni Franzo, Chahrazed Aberkane, Mattia Cecchinato, Matteo Legnardi · 2024
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Description
Chafik Redha Messaï and ten co-authors present a study from twenty twenty-four on a poultry virus that keeps spreading in Algeria despite vaccine work. The virus causes infectious bursal disease, a heavy blow to young birds' immunity. It mutates and swaps genome parts with ease, so strain ID by genes is a must. The team took bursa samples from flocks in the north of the land over two years.
Most flocks tested positive, and over half held field strains. All field strains were of the very virulent kind, kin to past Algerian finds. Flocks with the stronger vaccine class fared more well than those with a mid class. Still, the counts show high spread pressure and weak control.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chafik Redha Messaï, Nadia Safia Chenouf, Oussama Khalouta, Abdelhafid Chorfa, Omar Salhi, Claudia Maria Tucciarone, Francesca Poletto, Giovanni Franzo, Chahrazed Aberkane, Mattia Cecchinato, Matteo Legnardi |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |