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Characterization of avian H9N2 influenza viruses from United Arab Emirates 2000 to 2003.
Virology - 25 Apr 2007
Aamir U B, Wernery Ulrich, Ilyushina N, Webster R G
Abstract excerpt
Our aim was to establish the phylogenetic relation of H9N2 avian viruses in the Middle East to other Asian H9N2 lineages by characterization of 7 viruses isolated from United Arab Emirates (2000-2003). All these viruses had an additional basic amino acid at the hemagglutinin-connecting peptide; 6 contained a mutation associated with increased affinity toward human-like sialic acid substrates. The viruses' surface...
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