"Marek Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A transmissible viral disease of birds caused by avian herpesvirus 2 (HERPESVIRUS 2, GALLID) and other MARDIVIRUS. There is lymphoid cell infiltration or lymphomatous tumor formation in the peripheral nerves and gonads, but may also involve visceral organs, skin, muscle, and the eye.
| Descriptor ID |
D008380
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.466.650 C02.928.489 C15.604.515.700 C20.683.515.840 C22.131.546
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| Concept/Terms |
Marek Disease- Marek Disease
- Marek's Disease
- Mareks Disease
- Neurolymphomatosis
- Neurolymphomatoses
- Fowl Paralysis
- Fowl Paralyses
- Paralyses, Fowl
- Paralysis, Fowl
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Marek Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Gelb J, Jackwood DJ, Brannick EM, Ladman BS. Efficacy of Recombinant HVT-IBD Vaccines Administered to Broiler Chicks from a Single Breeder Flock at 30 and 60 Weeks of Age. Avian Dis. 2016 09; 60(3):603-12.
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Keller LH, Belden KA, Sevoian M. Immunization of chickens against Marek's disease with cell-free supernatant from the JMV-1 lymphoblastoid cell line. Prog Clin Biol Res. 1987; 238:265-79.
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Kaaden OR, Dietzschold B. Immunological tumor prevention of Marek's diseases by plasma membrane vaccines. Bibl Haematol. 1975 Oct; (43):78-80.
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Kaaden OR, Dietzschold B. Isolation of virus-induced antigens from cells infected with marek's disease and turkey herpesviruses. IARC Sci Publ (1971). 1975; (11 Pt 2):337-44.
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Kaaden OR, Dietzschold B. Alterations of the immunological specificity of plasma membranes from cells infected with Marek's disease and turkey herpes viruses. J Gen Virol. 1974 Oct; 25(1):1-10.
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Kaaden OR, Dietzschold B, Uebersch?r S. Vaccination against Marek's disease: immunizing effect of purified turkey herpes virus and cellular membranes from infected cells. Med Microbiol Immunol. 1974 Jun 19; 159(4):261-9.
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Kaaden OR, Dietzschold B, von B?low V, Kothmann G. [Antigens of Marek's disease virus and herpes virus in turkeys]. Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr. 1973 Jan 01; 80(1):6-10.