Genetic characterization of continually evolving highly pathogenic H5N6 influenza viruses in China, 2012-2016

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2017, Pages

  Li, Meng ^a,b   Zhao, Na ^a,b   Luo, Jing ^a   Li, Yuan ^c   Chen, Lin ^a,b   Ma, Jiajun ^a,b   Zhao, Lin ^a   Yuan, Guohui ^a   Wang, Chengmin ^a   Wang, Yutian ^d   Liu, Yanhua ^d   He, Hongxuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Veterinary Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

H5N6; Highly pathogenic avian influenza; Molecular characterization, genetic reassortment; Pavo cristatus; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AVIAN INFLUENZA (H5N6); CHICKEN; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENCEPHALITIS; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENE POOL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LD50; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PAVO CRISTATUS; PEAFOWL; PNEUMONIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 85014498416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00260     Document Type: Article

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