PA-356R is a unique signature of the avian influenza A (H7N9) viruses with bird-to-human transmissibility: Potential implication for animal surveillances

Journal of Infection

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 490-494

  Xu, Wei ^a   Sun, Zhiwu ^a   Liu, Qi ^a   Xu, Jianqing ^a   Jiang, Shibo ^a,b   Lu, Lu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BIOSURVEILLANCE; BIRD; DUCK; H7 GENE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; LETTER; N9 GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 84884701016     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.08.001     Document Type: Letter

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