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Article: New data from M. Mase et al illuminate research in veterinary medical science.
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- China Weekly News
- Article date:
- October 6, 2009
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"Seventeen isolates of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) were obtained from various prefectures in Japan during the years 20012007 and were genotypically analyzed by the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method coupled with direct sequencing. These NDV isolates were classified into three genetic groups that had been reported previously, namely, genotypes I, VI and VII," investigators in Tsukuba, Japan report.
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