A novel genotype H9N2 influenza virus possessing human H5N1 internal genomes has been circulating in poultry in eastern China since 1998

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 8428-8438

  Zhang, Pinghu ^a,b   Tang, Yinghua ^a   Liu, Xiaowen ^a   Liu, Wenbo ^a   Zhang, Xiaorong ^a   Liu, Hongqi ^a,e   Peng, Daxin ^a   Gao, Song ^a   Wu, Yantao ^a   Zhang, Luyong ^b   Lu, Shan ^c,d   Liu, Xiufan ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEROTYPING; VIROLOGY;

AVES; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

EID: 69249211158     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00659-09     Document Type: Article

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