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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2016YFE0203200, 2017YFD0500704), the Major Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31430087), the Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System (No. CARS-41-G15).
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Hussain, A., Wu, T., Li, H. et al. Pathogenic Characterization and Full Length Genome Sequence of a Reassortant Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Newly Isolated in Pakistan. Virol. Sin. 34, 102–105 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-019-00082-8
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