Olivier Escaffre, Cyril Le Nouën, Michel Amelot, Xavier Ambroggio et al.
Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) causes an economically significant disease of chickens worldwide. Very virulent IBDV (vvIBDV) strains have emerged and induce as much as 60% mortality. The molecular basis for vvIBDV pathogenicity is not understood, and the relative contributions of the two gen...