RETRACTED ARTICLE: Emergence of new sub-genotypes of Newcastle disease virus in Pakistan

Abstract

We, the Editor and Publisher of World’s Poultry Science Journal, have retracted the following article:

Sajid Umar ‘Emergence of new sub-genotypes of Newcastle disease virus in Pakistan’ (2017) 73:3, 567-580 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1017/S0043933917000411

The above article has been retracted as, subsequent to publication, significant duplication has been found in content throughout the article with the following earlier published work:

Miller, P.J., Haddas, R., Simanov, L., Lublin, A., Rehmani, S.F., Wajid, A., Bibi, T., Khan, T.A., Yaqub, T., Claudio, S. & Afonso, C.L. ‘Identification of new subgenotypes of virulent Newcastle disease virus with potential panzootic feature’. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, (2015) 29, 216-229 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.10.032

We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.

The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.

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Retraction: Emergence of new sub-genotypes of Newcastle disease virus in Pakistan