title: Newcastle disease virus: current status and our understanding.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India.
authors.forename: Ketan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ganar
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India.
authors.forename: Moushumee
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India.
authors.forename: Sugandha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India. Electronic address: sachin22vet@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001691:Biological Therapy / Q000379:methods; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D001717:Birds; D004337:Drug Carriers; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D050504:Oncolytic Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004337:Drug Carriers
keywords: Newcastle disease virus; Paramyxovirus; Pathogenicity; Reverse genetics system