Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
Subtitle: Marek's Disease (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9783540677987
Subjects: Immunology; Medical microbiology & virology; Medical Immunology; Virology; Science; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Allied Health Services - Radiologic & Ultrasound Technology; Life Sciences - General; Epstein-Barr virus; Kaposi's sarcoma; MD cell line MSB-1; Medical / Infectious Diseases; herpesvirus; lymphoproliferative disorder; recombinant MDV vaccine; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology
First sentence: Marck's Disease (MD) was the term chosen in 1960 for a common lymphoproliferative disease principally of the domestic chicken (Gallus domesticus), which is now known to be caused by a cell-associated alpha herpesvirus.