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Detection of mammalian virulence determinants in highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses: multivariate analysis of published data.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2009
Lycett S J, Ward M J, Lewis F I, Poon A F Y, Kosakovsky Pond S L, Brown A J Leigh
Abstract excerpt
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus H5N1 infects water and land fowl and can infect and cause mortality in mammals, including humans. However, HPAI H5N1 strains are not equally virulent in mammals, and some strains have been shown to cause only mild symptoms in experimental infections....
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