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Indications that live poultry markets are a major source of human H5N1 influenza virus infection in China.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 2011
Wan Xiu-Feng, Dong Libo, Lan Yu, Long Li-Ping, Xu Cuiling, Zou Shumei, Li Zi, Wen Leying, Cai Zhipeng, Wang Wei, Li Xiaodan, Yuan Fan, Sui Hongtao, Zhang Ye, Dong Jie, Sun Shanhua, Gao Yan, Wang Min, Bai Tian, Yang Lei, Li Dexin, Yang Weizhong, Yu Hongjie, Wang Shiwen, Feng Zijian, Wang Yu, Guo Yuanji, Webby Richard J, Shu Yuelong
Abstract excerpt
Human infections of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus have continued to occur in China without corresponding outbreaks in poultry, and there is little conclusive evidence of the source of these infections. Seeking to identify the source of the human infections, we sequenced 31 H5N1 vir...
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