The HA and NS genes of human H5N1 influenza a virus contribute to high virulence in ferrets

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Imai, Hirotaka ^a,b   Shinya, Kyoko ^c   Takano, Ryo ^a,b   Kiso, Maki ^a   Muramoto, Yukiko ^a,b   Sakabe, Saori ^a,b   Murakami, Shin ^a   Ito, Mutsumi ^a   Yamada, Shinya ^a   thi Quynh Le, Mai ^d   Nidom, Chairul A ^e   Sakai Tagawa, Yuko ^a   Takahashi, Kei ^a   Omori, Yasuyuki ^a   Noda, Takeshi ^a   Shimojima, Masayuki ^a   Kakugawa, Satoshi ^a   Goto, Hideo ^a   Iwatsuki Horimoto, Kiyoko ^a   Horimoto, Taisuke ^a   Kawaoka, Yoshihiro ^a,b,f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^e AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEMAGGLUTININ; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ELUTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FERRET; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BINDING; VIET NAM; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOGS; FERRETS; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERFERONS; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; MINK; MUTATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA;

EID: 78149286567     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001106     Document Type: Article

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