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Prediction of the next highly pathogenic avian influenza pandemic that can cause illness in humans.
Infectious diseases of poverty - 27 Nov 2015
Zhang Zhong-Wei, Liu Ting, Zeng Jian, Chen Yang-Er, Yuan Ming, Zhang Da-Wei, Zhu Feng, Yuan Shu
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BACKGROUND: In recent years, avian influenza viruses (AIVs) have seriously threatened human health. Questions such as: why do AIVs infect humans?, how quickly can an AIV become pandemic?, and which virus is the most dangerous? cannot be sufficiently answered using current bioinformatic studies. METHOD: Secondary structures and energies of representative 5'-untranslated region (UTR) of the HA gene were calculated....
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