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Influenza A virus acquires enhanced pathogenicity and transmissibility after serial passages in swine.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2014
Wei Kai, Sun Honglei, Sun Zhenhong, Sun Yipeng, Kong Weili, Pu Juan, Ma Guangpeng, Yin Yanbo, Yang Hanchun, Guo Xin, Chang Kin-Chow, Liu Jinhua
Abstract excerpt
Genetic and phylogenetic analyses suggest that the pandemic H1N1/2009 virus was derived from well-established swine influenza lineages; however, there is no convincing evidence that the pandemic virus was generated from a direct precursor in pigs. Furthermore, the evolutionary dynamics of influenza virus in pigs have not been well documented. Here, we subjected a recombinant virus (rH1N1) with the same...
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