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Detection and Characterization of Clade 1 Reassortant H5N1 Viruses Isolated from Human Cases in Vietnam during 2013.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Thor Sharmi W, Nguyen Hieu, Balish Amanda, Hoang Anh Nguyen, Gustin Kortney M, Nhung Pham Thi, Jones Joyce, Thu Ngoc Nguyen, Davis William, Ngoc Thao Nguyen Thi, Jang Yunho, Sleeman Katrina, Villanueva Julie, Kile James, Gubareva Larisa V, Lindstrom Stephen, Tumpey Terrence M, Davis C Todd, Long Nguyen Thanh
Abstract excerpt
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 is endemic in Vietnamese poultry and has caused sporadic human infection in Vietnam since 2003. Human infections with HPAI H5N1 are of concern due to a high mortality rate and the potential for the emergence of pandemic viruses with sustained human-to-human transmission. Viruses isolated from humans in southern Vietnam have been classified as clade 1 with a single...
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