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Increased prevalence of a rare mutant of pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in a Eurasian region.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2011
Yang Ting-Ting, Wang Zhao-Guo, Li Shan-Peng, Liu Xiao-Lin, Yi Ying, Yang Yu, Yu Ping, Chen Ji-Ming
Abstract excerpt
In 2009, a novel swine-origin H1N1 influenza virus sparked an influenza pandemic. The emergence of mutations in the viral genome is therefore of ongoing concern. In this study, the hemagglutinin (HA) gene sequences of 3444 pandemic H1N1 influenza viruses reported to the GenBank database and the sequences of 48 pandemic H1N1 influenza viruses detected in the Chinese city of Qingdao were analyzed. Among the 3492...
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