Pathogenicity and cytokine gene expression pattern of a serotype 4 fowl adenovirus isolate.

Hydropericardium-hepatitis syndrome (HHS), a recently emerged disease of chickens, is caused by some strains of fowl adenovirus serotype 4 (FAdV-4). In this study, a Canadian FAdV-4 isolate, designated as FAdV-4 ON1, was evaluated for pathogenicity after oral and intramuscular (im) infection of spec...

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Main Authors: Helena Grgić, Zvonimir Poljak, Shayan Sharif, Éva Nagy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3800128?pdf=render