Characterization of influenza a (H7N9) viruses isolated from human cases imported into Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Yang, Ji Rong ^a   Kuo, Chuan Yi ^a   Huang, Hsiang Yi ^a   Wu, Fu Ting ^a   Huang, Yi Lung ^a   Cheng, Chieh Yu ^a   Su, Yu Ting ^a   Wu, Ho Sheng ^a,b   Liu, Ming Tsan ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HA GENE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (A/ANHUI/1/2013(H7N9)); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; MP GENE; NA GENE; NONHUMAN; PA GENE; PB2 GENE; PHYLOGENY; TAIWAN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84929105137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119792     Document Type: Article

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