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Classification of Avian Paramyxoviruses by Immunodiffusion on the Basis of Antigenic Specificity of their M Protein Antigens

Department of Hygiene and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060 Japan

Seventeen avian paramyxoviruses consisting of ten reference strains and seven recent isolates were classified by immunodiffusion into six species on the basis of the antigenic specificity of their M protein (MP) antigens. The species were represented by the following viruses. (1) Newcastle disease virus, (2) Chicken/California/Yucaipa/56, (3) Turkey/Wisconsin/68, (4) Duck/Mississippi/75, (5) Pigeon/Otaru/76 and (6) Budgerigar/Kunitachi/1/74. The differences in the HN antigens between viruses which were classified into the same species on the basis of the antigenic specificity of their MP antigens, may provide a basis for classifying them into types.

Received 3 June 1980; accepted 13 August 1980.

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