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Evolution of the haemagglutinin gene of the influenza A(H1N1)2009 virus isolated in Hong Kong, 2009-2011.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 3 Mar 2011
Mak G C, Leung C K, Cheng K C, Wong K Y, Lim W
Abstract excerpt
Phylogenetic analysis of the haemagglutinin (HA) gene shows that the influenza A(H1N1)2009 viruses collected in Hong Kong clustered in two main branches characterised by the E391E and E391K amino acids. The main branch E391K evolved in two sub-branches with N142D and S202T mutations that first appeared in March and July 2010, respectively, with the latter becoming the predominant strain. These genetic variants...
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