| Literature DB >> 14637046 |
Hermann Müller1, Md Rafiqul Islam, Rüdiger Raue.
Abstract
Infectious bursal disease (IBD) virus (IBDV) is the etiological agent of "Gumboro disease". Although first observed about 40 years ago, this disease continues to pose an important threat to the commercial poultry industry. The emergence of antigenic variant as well as very virulent strains in vaccinated flocks considerably stimulated research efforts on both, IBD and IBDV. In this review, some of the recent advances in the understanding of the structure, morphogenesis and molecular biology of the virus as well as in development of new diagnostic approaches and new strategies for vaccination against IBD are briefly summarized.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 14637046 DOI： 10.1016/j.vetmic.2003.08.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vet Microbiol ISSN： 0378-1135 Impact factor: 3.293