Detection of mammalian virulence determinants in highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses: Multivariate analysis of published data

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 9901-9910

  Lycett, S J ^a   Ward, M J ^a   Lewis, F I ^a,c   Poon, A F Y ^b   Kosakovsky Pond, S L ^b   Leigh Brown, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2; POLYMERASE BASIC 1 PROTEIN; POLYMERASE BASIC 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BAYES THEOREM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEMAGGLUTINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; MICE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROBABILITY; VIRULENCE;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70349266019     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00608-09     Document Type: Article

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