RETRACTED ARTICLE: Emerging threat of H9N2 viruses in poultry of Pakistan and vaccination strategy

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We, the Editor and Publisher of World’s Poultry Science Journal, have retracted the following article:S. Umar, S. Sarfraz, A. Mushtaq & M. Attique ‘Emerging threat of H9N2 viruses in poultry of Pakistan and vaccination strategy’ (2016) 72:2, 343-352 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0043933916000179The above article has been retracted as, subsequent to publication, significant duplication has been found in content in the ‘Introduction,’ ‘Emergence and evolution of LPAI H9N2,’ ‘Future prospects in AI vaccination,’ and ‘Conclusion’ sections with the following earlier published works:Karthik Shanmuganatham, Mohammed M Feeroz, Lisa Jones-Engel, David Walker, SMRabiul Alam, MKamrul Hasan, Pamela McKenzie, Scott Krauss, Richard J Webby & Robert G Webster ‘Genesis of avian influenza H9N2 in Bangladesh’ Emerging Microbes & Infections (2014) 3:1, 1-17 DOI 10.1038/emi.2014.84Umar, S. ‘Emergence of new sub-genotypes of Newcastle disease virus in Pakistan’, World’s Poultry Science Journal (2017) 73:3, 567-580 DOI 10.1017/S0043933917000411Lee, Dong-Hun and Song, Chang-Seon ‘H9N2 avian influenza virus in Korea: evolution and vaccination’ Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research (2013) 2:1, 26-33 DOI 10.7774/cevr.2013.2.1.26We 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in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group