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Isolation and molecular characterization of equine H3N8 influenza viruses from pigs in China.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2009
Tu Jiagang, Zhou Hongbo, Jiang Taozhen, Li Chun, Zhang Anding, Guo Xuebo, Zou Wei, Chen Huanchun, Jin Meilin
Abstract excerpt
During 2004-2006 swine influenza virus surveillance, two strains of H3N8 influenza viruses were isolated from pigs in central China. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses of eight gene segments revealed that the two swine isolates were of equine origin and most closely related to European equine H3N8 influenza viruses from the early 1990s. Comparison of hemagglutinin (HA) amino acid sequences showed several...
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