Novel reassortant avian influenza a(H5N6) viruses in Humans, Guangdong, China, 2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1507-1509

  Shen, Yong Yi ^a,b   Ke, Chang Wen ^c   Li, Qian ^b   Yuan, Run Yu ^c   Xiang, Dan ^d   Jia, Wei Xin ^b   Yu, Yun Di ^b   Liu, Lu ^d   Huang, Can ^d   Qi, Wen Bao ^b,e   Sikkema, Reina ^f   Wu, Jie ^c   Koopmans, Marion ^f   Liao, Ming ^b,g  

^a Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control of Guangdong Province   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^e Key Laboratory of Veterinary Vaccine Innovation of the Ministry of Agriculture   (China)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g National and Regional Joint Engineering Laboratory for Medicament of Zoonosis Prevention and Control   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; MATRIX PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; OSELTAMIVIR; SIALIDASE;

ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA (H5N6) VIRUS; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHINA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; HEMAGGLUTININ GENE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; SIALIDASE GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HISTORY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; REASSORTANT VIRUSES;

EID: 84978743311     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2208.160146     Document Type: Letter

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