Influenza A(H5N6) virus reassortant, southern China, 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1261-1262

  Shen, Hanqin ^a,b   Wu, Boliang ^a,c   Chen, Yimin ^a   Bi, Yingzuo ^a   Xie, Qingmei ^a,b,c,d  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control   (China)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^d South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE;

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BIRD; CHINA; EGG PRODUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GLYCOSYLATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; INFLUENZA A; LETTER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THREAT; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; DUCK; GENETICS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MUTAGENESIS; POULTRY DISEASES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHINA; DUCKS; GENES, VIRAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MUTAGENESIS; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 84931411379     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2107.140838     Document Type: Letter

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