Abstract Marek's disease (MD), caused by Marek's disease virus (MDV), is a commercially
important neoplastic disease of poultry which is only controlled by mass vaccination …

Marek's disease (MD) virus (MDV) has provided an important model to study immune
responses against a lymphoma-inducing herpesvirus in its natural host. Infection in chickens …

The term pathogenesis is most simply defined as the development of disease. Many
uncomplicated infectious diseases proceed in a direct fashion from infection to a specific …

The production of cytokine mRNAs, in addition to viral DNA, was quantified by real-time
quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR)(cytokines) or PCR (virus) in splenocytes …

Marek's disease (MD) is a highly contagious lymphoproliferative and demyelinating disorder
of chickens. MD is caused by Marek's disease virus (MDV), a cell-associated, acute …

Little is known about the structure of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules
outside of mammals. Only one class I molecule in the chicken MHC is highly expressed …

This chapter deals primarily with the three most economically important virus‐induced
transmissible neoplastic diseases of poultry, namely: the herpesvirus‐induced Marek's …

Marek's disease virus (MDV) is a highly oncogenic alphaherpesvirus that causes deadly T-
cell lymphomas and serves as a natural virus-induced tumor model in chickens. The most …

Marek's disease virus (MDV), the etiologic agent for Marek's disease (MD), causes a deadly
lymphoproliferative disease in chickens. Causes of the well-documented association …

Marek's disease (MD) is a lymphoproliferative disease of chicken, which is characterized by
malignant T cell-lymphoma formation. This disease can be effectively prevented by …