Mutations in influenza A virus (H5N1) and possible limited spread, Turkey, 2006

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 491-492

  Altiok, Ender ^a,b   Taylan, Fulya ^a,b   Yenen, Osman Ş ^c   Demirkeser, Gülşah ^a   Bozaci, Mürvet ^c   Önel, Derya ^c   Akcadag, Birsen ^d   Iyisan, A Selma ^d   Ciblak, Meral ^c   Bozkaya, Emel ^c   Yuksel, Sirin ^a   Badur, Selim ^c  

^a Acibadem Genetik Tani ve Hucre Tedavileri Merkezi   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Pendik Veteriner Kontrol ve Arastirma Enstitusu   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEMAGGLUTININ; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIBLING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MUTATION;

EID: 41349097951     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1403.061237     Document Type: Article

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