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Genetic diversity of H9N2 influenza viruses from pigs in China: a potential threat to human health?
Veterinary microbiology - 21 Apr 2011
Yu Hai, Zhou Yan-Jun, Li Guo-Xin, Ma Ji-Hong, Yan Li-Ping, Wang Bin, Yang Fu-Ru, Huang Meng, Tong Guang-Zhi
Abstract excerpt
Pandemic strains of influenza A virus might arise by genetic reassortment between viruses from different hosts. Pigs are susceptible to both human and avian influenza viruses and have been proposed to be intermediate hosts or mixing vessels, for the generation of pandemic influenza viruses through reassortment or adaptation to the mammalian host. In this study, we summarize and report for the first time the...
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