H9N2 influenza virus in China: a cause of concern

Protein and Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-25

  Sun, Yipeng ^a   Liu, Jinhua ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antigenic drift; Evolution; H9N2; Influenza; Poultry; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHINA; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; MACROPHAGE; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H9N2); INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

PB2 PROTEIN, INFLUENZA VIRUS; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHINA; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VACCINATION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84922074482     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-014-0111-7     Document Type: Article

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