Pathogenicity of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza A viruses isolated from humans between 2003 and 2008 in northern Vietnam

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2485-2490

  Le, Quynh Mai ^a   Ito, Mutsumi ^b   Muramoto, Yukiko ^b,c   Hoang, Phuong Vu Mai ^a   Vuong, Cuong Duc ^a   Sakai Tagawa, Yuko ^b   Kiso, Maki ^b   Ozawa, Makoto ^b,d   Takano, Ryo ^b,c   Kawaoka, Yoshihiro ^b,c,d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; LYSINE; PB2 PROTEIN, INFLUENZAVIRUS A; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIET NAM; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ASPARAGINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LYSINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIETNAM; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77956827203     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.021659-0     Document Type: Article

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