Characterization of H9 subtype influenza viruses from the ducks of Southern China: A candidate for the next influenza pandemic in humans?

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 6988-6994

  Li, K S ^a   Xu, K M ^a,b   Peiris, S M ^a,b   Poon, L L M ^b   Yu, K Z ^c   Yuen, K Y ^b   Shortridge, K F ^a,b   Webster, R G ^d   Guan, Y ^a,b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL LINEAGE; CHINA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DUCK; EPIDEMIC; GENE FLOW; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUAIL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CHICKENS; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUCKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POULTRY DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037942585     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.12.6988-6994.2003     Document Type: Article

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