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New strategies needed to fight immune system-damaging poultry virus detected on UK farms

HVR-based phylogenetic tree of the VP2 gene encoded by segment A. Credit: Virology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2024.110269 Researchers working to understand the spread of the virus, which can severely damage chickens’ immune systems, say new strategies are needed to improve control of the disease in the UK. . Dr Vishi Reddy from Keele University was one of the researchers on a…