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Genetic and biological characterization of two novel reassortant H5N6 swine influenza viruses in mice and chickens.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2015
Li Xuyong, Fu Yuguang, Yang Jiayun, Guo Jing, He Jijun, Guo Jianhong, Weng Shaoting, Jia Yane, Liu Bin, Li Xiaoyang, Zhu Qiyun, Chen Hualan
Abstract excerpt
Novel H5N6 influenza A viruses have infected birds and human beings and caused four human clinical cases in China since 2014. The pig, as a mixing vessel, plays an important role for influenza virus reassortment and transmission. Towards this, routine surveillance for swine influenza in Guangdong province was conducted in 2014. In this study, we reported the biological characterization of two H5N6 influenza...
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