Characterization of the influenza A H5N1 viruses of the 2008-09 outbreaks in India reveals a third introduction and possible endemicity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Chakrabarti, Alok K ^a   Pawar, Shailesh D ^a   Cherian, Sarah S ^a   Koratkar, Santosh S ^a   Jadhav, Santosh M ^a   Pal, Biswajoy ^a   Raut, Satish ^a   Thite, Vishal ^a   Kode, Sadhana S ^a   Keng, Sachin S ^a   Payyapilly, Bestin J ^a   Mullick, Jayati ^a   Mishra, Akhilesh C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS SIALIDASE; SIALIDASE;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BAYES THEOREM; BIRD; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

AVES;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIRDS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHY; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MUTATION; NEURAMINIDASE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 70649103964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007846     Document Type: Article

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