Marek's disease
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Used for
fowl paralysis, neural lymphomatosis (avian), neurolymphomatosis (fowl), ocular lymphomatosis
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Broader Terms
Herpesviridae disease, lymphoma
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- MEDICAL SCIENCES Marek's disease is a natural model for lymphomas overexpressing Hodgkin's disease antigen (CD30) S.
- Marek's disease Wikipedia Marek's disease Marek's disease is a highly contagious viral neoplastic disease in chickens.
- Differential susceptibility to Marek's disease is associated with differences in number, but not phenotype or location, of pp38+ lymphocytes.
- Of these, Marek's disease is the most common and provides excellent opportunities for the study of a herpesvirus-induced tumour both experimentally and under natural conditions in the field.
- Marek's Disease (Visceral Leukosis) Marek's disease is characteristically a disease of young chickens but older birds can also be affected.
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