Genomic Sequence of a Megrivirus Strain Identified in Laying Hens in Brazil

A new strain of chicken megrivirus was identified in fecal samples of layer chickens in a commercial flock in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is most closely related to the family Picornaviridae, genus Megrivirus, species Melegrivirus A, and has an overall nucleotide identity of up to 85.1% with other megr...

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Autores principales: Gerber, Priscilla F., Shen, Huigang, Zheng, Ying, Li, Ganwu, Lobato, Zélia I. P., Opriessnig, Tanja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Genome Sequences
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30701237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01438-18
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Sumario:A new strain of chicken megrivirus was identified in fecal samples of layer chickens in a commercial flock in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is most closely related to the family Picornaviridae, genus Megrivirus, species Melegrivirus A, and has an overall nucleotide identity of up to 85.1% with other megrivirus strains.

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