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Characterization of recombinant H9N2 influenza viruses isolated from wild ducks in China.
Veterinary microbiology - 25 Oct 2013
Zhu Guangjian, Wang Renjie, Xuan Fujun, Daszak Peter, Anthony Simon J, Zhang Shuyi, Zhang Libiao, He Guimei
Abstract excerpt
Wild birds are considered to be the natural reservoirs for avian influenza A viruses (AIV). During active influenza surveillance in Poyang Lake of southeast China, we isolated and characterized 11 H9N2 viruses from two species of wild ducks. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the 11 isolates were almost identical with 99.3-100% nucleotide homology in their entire genome, and they all closely related in whole eight...
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