The origin of novel avian influenza a (H7N9) and mutation dynamics for its human-to-human transmissible capacity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Peng, Jin ^a   Yang, Hao ^a   Jiang, Hua ^a   Lin, Yi Xiao ^a   Lu, Charles Damien ^a   Xu, Ya Wei ^a   Zeng, Jun ^a  

^a SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS SIALIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMAGGLUTININ GENE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; NEURAMINIDASE GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHINA; DUCK; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DUCKS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84899890707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093094     Document Type: Article

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