Novel genotypes of H9N2 influenza a viruses isolated from poultry in Pakistan containing NS genes similar to highly pathogenic H7N3 and H5N1 viruses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Iqbal, Munir ^a   Yaqub, Tahir ^b   Reddy, Kolli ^a   McCauley, John W ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GLUTAMINE; HEMAGGLUTININ; LEUCINE; MATRIX PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHICKEN; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUBAI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INDIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N3; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; IRAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; POULTRY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEMAGGLUTININS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 67649968023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005788     Document Type: Article

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