Development and efficacy testing of plant-produced virus-like particle vaccines against H6 avian influenza virus in chickens

The South African poultry industry has been beset by sporadic H6N2 avian influenza infection (sub-lineage I and II) in chickens since the early 2000s, with economic losses resulting from reduced egg production and co-infection with other pathogens. An egg-based inactivated H6N2 vaccine (AVIVAC® AI;...

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Main Author: Smith, Tanja
Other Authors: Abolnik, Celia
Language:en
Published: University of Pretoria 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76794
Smith, T 2020, Development and efficacy testing of plant-produced virus-like particle vaccines against H6 avian influenza virus in chickens, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76794>