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Towards a better understanding of the novel avian-origin H7N9 influenza A virus in China.
Scientific reports - 1 Jan 2013
Wang Yongbo, Dai Zhangyan, Cheng Han, Liu Zexian, Pan Zhicheng, Deng Wankun, Gao Tianshun, Li Xiaotong, Yao Yuangen, Ren Jian, Xue Yu
Abstract excerpt
Recently, a highly dangerous bird flu has infected over 130 patients in China, and the outbreak was attributed to a novel avian-origin H7N9 virus. Here, we performed a systematic analysis of the virus. We clarified the controversial viewpoint on neuraminidase (NA) origin and confirmed it was reassorted from Korean wild birds with higher confidence, whereas common ancestors of pathogenic H7N9 genes existed only...
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