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Isolation and characterization of H6N1 and H9N2 avian influenza viruses from Ducks in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Virus research - 1 Feb 2012
Hotta Kozue, Takakuwa Hiroki, Le Quynh Mai Thi, Phuong Song Lien, Murase Toshiyuki, Ono Etsuro, Ito Toshihiro, Otsuki Koichi, Yamashiro Tetsu
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We report the genetic characterization of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) viruses isolated from domestic ducks in northern Vietnam in 2009. In total, 22 influenza A viruses consisting of 21 H6N1 subtypes and one H9N2 subtype were isolated from 1488 ducks collected in February, March, and April 2009, accounting the overall virus isolation rate for 1.5%. No H5N1 strain was isolated in this study. Phylogenetic...
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