title: Molecular characterization and phylogenetic study of newcastle disease virus isolates from recent outbreaks in eastern Uganda.
abstract: Newcastle disease virus isolates from chickens in eastern Uganda in 2001 were found to be velogenic by fusion protein cleavage site sequence analysis and biological characterization; the intracerebral pathogenicity index was 1.8. Analysis of their hemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein gene sequences revealed a novel genotype unrelated to those that caused previous outbreaks.
authors.affiliation: Livestock Health Research Institute, P.O. Box 96, Tororo, Uganda. Maxwell_ot@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Maxwell O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Otim
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Poul H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: Kurt J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Handberg
authors.forename: Magne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bisgaard
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D015707:HN Protein / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009521:Newcastle Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014454:Uganda / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D015707:HN Protein