| Year | Event | Reference |
| 1925 |
First description of infectious laryngotracheitis |
May & Tittsler (1925) J Am Vet Med Assoc 67:229-231 |
| 1932 | First ILT vaccine, Produced by Beaudette & Hudson | Beaudette & Hudson (1932) Proc 36th Ann Mtg US Livestock San Assoc 460-476. |
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1958 |
Characterization of infectious laryngotracheitis |
Cover & Benton (1958) Avian Dis 2:375-383 |
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| 1964 | The first tissue culture (TCO) modified vaccine was developed | Gelenczei & Marty (1964) Avian Diseases, 8, 105-122. |
| 1967 |
Pathology of infectious laryngotracheitis |
Bang & Bang (1967) J Exp Med 125:409-429 |
| 1977 |
Demonstration of the lack of importance of the humoral immune response for immunity to ILTV |
Robertson (1977) Res Vet Sci 22:281-284 |
| 1987 |
Establishment of ILTV latency |
Hughes et al. (1987) Res Vet Sci 42:407-410 |
| 1994 |
First ILTV recombinant |
Guo et al. (1994) Virology 202:771-781 |
