Article
[Avian influenza viruses isolated in Japan].
Uirusu - 1 Dec 2005
Mase Masaji, Kawaoka Yoshihiro
Abstract excerpt
Currently, H5N1 influenza viruses remain a serious public health concern in Asia and now in Europe. We showed that the H5N1 viruses associated with outbreaks of HPAI in chickens in Japan were genotypically closely related to an H5N1 virus isolated from a chicken in China in 2003 (genotype V), but were different from those prevalent in southeastern Asia in 2003-2004 (i.e., genotype Z). H5N1 viruses were also...
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