Molecular Determinants of Pathogenicity for Avian Influenza Viruses

Avian Influenza

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 23-41

  Perdue, Michael L ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation and pathogenesis; Hemagglutinin proteolytic cleavage site; Negative sense RNA; Neuraminidase gene; Nonstructural gene; Polymerase complex, making viral RNA; RNA containing viruses

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950275545     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813818634.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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