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Emergence of multiple genotypes of H5N1 avian influenza viruses in Hong Kong SAR.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 25 Jun 2002
Guan Y, Peiris J S M, Lipatov A S, Ellis T M, Dyrting K C, Krauss S, Zhang L J, Webster R G, Shortridge K F
Abstract excerpt
Although A/Hong Kong/156/97 (H5N1/97)-like viruses associated with the "bird flu" incident in Hong Kong SAR have not been detected since the slaughter of poultry in 1997, its putative precursors continue to persist in the region. One of these, Goose/Guangdong/1/96 (H5N1 Gs/Gd)-like viruses, reassorted with other avian viruses to generate multiple genotypes of H5N1 viruses that crossed to chickens and other...
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