Insertion of a multibasic cleavage site in the haemagglutinin of human influenza H3N2 virus does not increase pathogenicity in ferrets

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1410-1415

  Schrauwen, Eefje J A ^a   Bestebroer, Theo M ^a   Munster, Vincent J ^a,b   de Wit, Emmie ^a,b   Herfst, Sander ^a   Rimmelzwaan, Guus F ^a   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^a   Fouchier, Ron A M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; FERRET; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; KIDNEY CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TYPING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DOGS; FERRETS; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MUSTELA;

EID: 79956332420     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.030379-0     Document Type: Article

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