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Antigenic variation of Newcastle disease viruses isolated from wild ducks in Japan
M Kawamura1, K Nagata-Matsubara, K Nerome
1Department of Epizootiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University.
Microbiology and Immunology
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
Nineteen strains of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolated from wild ducks in Japan were placed into 4 distinct antigenic groups on the basis of their reactivities to 8 monoclonal antibodies against the HN molecule of NDV in hemagglutination inhibition tests. The NDV strains of duck origin were antigenically distinct from NDV-B1 and NDV-Miyadera originated from chickens, and varied in their virulence to chicken embryos. No apparent correlation was found between the antigenicity of the HN molecule and virulence.