The emergence of a highly pathogenic marek’s disease virus featuring newly identified mutations in Meq oncogene in Southern China
This study reports new mutation sites in the Meq gene of a prevalent Chinese MDV strains and confirms the isolate SS1901 could overcome existing vaccine-induced immunity, providing valuable new information for monitoring new MDV field strains and developing novel control strategies.
Authors
- Ruiai Chen
- Zengxu Ge
- Huimin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8177-8513)
- Qiong Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2731-1912)
- Zhan‐Hong Chen
Institutions
- South China Agricultural University (CN)
- Jinggangshan University (CN)
- Zhaoqing University (CN)
- Wen's Food Group (China) (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Virology Journal
- Published
- 2025-11-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-025-02931-3
- Primary Topic
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Jinggangshan University