Avian infectious bronchitis virus: infection, evolution, and immunity

Dr. Tahseen Aziz shares new insight into infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), a Gammacoronavirus in the family Coronaviridae, which also includes three other genera: Alphacoronavirus, Betacoronavirus, and Deltacoronavirus.
calendar icon 12 June 2020
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Gammacoronavirus

© ViralZone, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

a cross-section showing inflamed tissue
Tracheitis (inflammation of trachea) in a 41-day-old broiler chicken.

The trachea was positive for infectious bronchitis virus by PCR test.

Dr. Tahseen Aziz

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