Genetic characterization of the pathogenic influenza A/Goose/Guangdong/1/96 (H5N1) virus: Similarity of its hemagglutinin gene to those of H5N1 viruses from the 1997 outbreaks in Hong Kong

Virology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-19

  Xu, Xiyan ^a   Subbarao, Kanta ^a   Cox, Nancy J ^a   Guo, Yuanji ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GOOSE; HONG KONG; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0033567144     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9820     Document Type: Article

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