Characterization of the influenza A virus gene pool in avian species in southern China: Was H6N1 a derivative or a precursor of H5N1?

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 6309-6315

  Hoffmann, Erich ^a   Stech, Juergen ^a   Leneva, Irina ^a   Krauss, Scott ^a   Scholtissek, Christoph ^a   Chin, Po San ^c   Peiris, Malik ^c   Shortridge, Kennedy F ^c   Webster, Robert G ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; SIALIDASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033945532     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.14.6309-6315.2000     Document Type: Article

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