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A novel genotype H9N2 influenza virus possessing human H5N1 internal genomes has been circulating in poultry in eastern China since 1998.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 2009
Zhang Pinghu, Tang Yinghua, Liu Xiaowen, Liu Wenbo, Zhang Xiaorong, Liu Hongqi, Peng Daxin, Gao Song, Wu Yantao, Zhang Luyong, Lu Shan, Liu Xiufan
Abstract excerpt
Many novel reassortant influenza viruses of the H9N2 genotype have emerged in aquatic birds in southern China since their initial isolation in this region in 1994. However, the genesis and evolution of H9N2 viruses in poultry in eastern China have not been investigated systematically. In the current study, H9N2 influenza viruses isolated from poultry in eastern China during the past 10 years were characterized...
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