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[Molecular characteristic of influenza virus A H5N1 Strains isolated from poultry in Kurgan Region in 2005].
Molekuliarnaia biologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Kiselev O I, Blinov V M, Pisareva M M, Ternovoĭ V A, Agafonov A P, Saraev D V, Eropkin M Iu, Lobova T G, Grigor'eva V A, Grudinin M P
Abstract excerpt
During the latter half of 2005 a widespread outbreak caused by influenza highly pathogenic H5N1 virus among wild and domestic birds occurred in Russia. As pathogenicity level is a polygenic feature and majority of individual genes of influenza A viruses contribute to pathogenicity of influenza viruses to birds, animals and humans. Nucleotide sequencing of the entire genome of influenza H5N1 virus isolates...
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