Journal
VIRUS RESEARCH
Volume 184, Issue -, Pages 71-81Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.02.016
Keywords
Newcastle disease virus; Paramyxovirus; Reverse genetics system; Pathogenicity
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- Department of Biotechnology [NER-BPMC/2013/134]
- Department of Science and Technology [IFA-LSBM-34]
- Board of Research on Nuclear Sciences [2012/20/37B/067/BRNS]
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Newcastle disease (ND) is one of the highly pathogenic viral diseases of avian species. ND is economically significant because of the huge mortality and morbidity associated with it. The disease is endemic in many third world countries where agriculture serves as the primary source of national income. Newcastle disease virus (NDV) belongs to the family Paramyxoviridae and is well characterized member among the avian paramyxovirus serotypes. In recent years, NDV has lured the virologists not only because of its pathogenic potential, but also for its oncolytic activity and its use as a vaccine vector for both humans and animals. The NDV based recombinant vaccine offers a pertinent choice for the construction of live attenuated vaccine due to its modular nature of transcription, minimum recombination frequency, and lack of DNA phase during replication. Our current understanding about the NDV biology is expanding rapidly because of the availability of modern molecular biology tools and high-throughput complete genome sequencing. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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