Pathobiological Characterization of a Novel Reassortant Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Virus Isolated in British Columbia, Canada, 2015

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Berhane, Yohannes ^a,b   Kobasa, Darwyn ^b,c   Embury Hyatt, Carissa ^a   Pickering, Brad ^a   Babiuk, Shawn ^a,b   Joseph, Tomy ^d   Bowes, Victoria ^d   Suderman, Mathew ^a   Leung, Anders ^c   Cottam Birt, Colleen ^a   Hisanaga, Tamiko ^a   Pasick, John ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d Animal Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHICKEN; DUCK; GENE DELETION; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETICS; GOOSE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N1); ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; VIRAL TROPISM; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; WILD ANIMAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHICKENS; DUCKS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEESE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; MICE; NEURAMINIDASE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SWINE; VIRAL LOAD; VIRAL TROPISM;

EID: 84961794746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep23380     Document Type: Article

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