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Genotype diversity of H9N2 viruses isolated from wild birds and chickens in Hunan Province, China.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Wang Ba, Liu Zhihua, Chen Quanjiao, Gao Zhimin, Fang Fang, Chang Haiyan, Chen Jianjun, Xu Bing, Chen Ze
Abstract excerpt
Three H9N2 avian influenza viruses were isolated from the Dongting Lake wetland, among which one was from fresh egret feces, the other two were from chicken cloacal swabs in poultry markets. Phylogenetic analyses suggested that eight genes of the egret-derived H9N2 virus might come from Korean-like or American-like lineages. The two poultry-derived H9N2 viruses were reassortants between the CK/BJ/94-like and...
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