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Selection of variant viruses during replication and transmission of H7N1 viruses in chickens and turkeys.
Virology - 25 Nov 2012
Iqbal Munir, Essen Steve C, Xiao Haixia, Brookes Sharon M, Brown Ian H, McCauley John W
Abstract excerpt
The influence of different glycosylation patterns of the haemagglutinin glycoprotein of H7N1 avian influenza viruses on virus replication in vivo was examined. Experimental infection of chickens and turkeys was carried out with H7N1 avian influenza viruses with alternative sites of glycosylation in the haemagglutinin and infected birds were sampled daily by swabbing the buccal and cloacal cavities. cDNAs of the...
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