Genomic analysis of influenza A viruses, including avian flu (H5N1) strains

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 511-519

  Ahn, Insung ^a,b   Jeong, Byeong Jin ^b   Bae, Se Eun ^b   Jung, Jin ^b   Son, Hyeon S ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Avian flu; Correspondence analysis; Genomic analysis; Influenza A virus; Synonymous codon usage

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; SIALIDASE;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CODON USAGE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HA GENE; HOST RANGE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H2N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INFLUENZA VIRUS C; NA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PREDICTION; RELATIVE SYNONYMOUS CODON USAGE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; BIRDS; CODON; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EUROPE; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33750057716     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-9031-z     Document Type: Article

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