Novel reassortment of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus with subtype H6N6 and H5N6 viruses circulating in Guangdong Province, China

Journal of Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 179-182

  Jin, Yuan ^a,b   Ren, Hongguang ^a   Teng, Yue ^b   Hu, Mingda ^a   Peng, Xiaochuan ^a   Yue, Junjie ^a,b   Liang, Long ^a,b,c  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE POOL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N6); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H6N6); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INFLUENZA; PATHOGENICITY; POULTRY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; REASSORTANT VIRUSES;

EID: 85020407683     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.05.006     Document Type: Letter

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