A recombinant avian infectious bronchitis virus expressing a heterologous spike gene belonging to the 4/91 serotype.

We have shown previously that replacement of the spike (S) gene of the apathogenic IBV strain Beau-R with that from the pathogenic strain of the same serotype, M41, resulted in an apathogenic virus, BeauR-M41(S), that conferred protection against challenge with M41. We have constructed a recombinant...

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Main Authors: Maria Armesto, Sharon Evans, David Cavanagh, Abu-Bakr Abu-Median, Sarah Keep, Paul Britton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3166170?pdf=render