Industry-wide surveillance of Marek’s disease virus on commercial poultry farms: underlying potential for virulence evolution and vaccine escape
David A Kennedy, Christopher Cairns, Matthew J Jones, Andrew S Bell, Rahel M Salathe, Susan J Baigent, Venugopal K Nair, Patricia A Dunn, Andrew F Read
This study surveils Marek’s disease virus on poultry farms to assess its prevalence and dynamics, finding that operation (company) is the most significant factor influencing virus detectability.
bioRxiv · Sep 14, 2016Epidemiology