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Adaptive amino acid substitutions enhance the virulence of a novel human H7N9 influenza virus in mice.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 May 2016
Zhao Yongkun, Yu Zhijun, Liu Linna, Wang Tiecheng, Sun Weiyang, Wang Chengyu, Xia Zhiping, Gao Yuwei, Zhou Bo, Qian Jun, Xia Xianzhu
Abstract excerpt
To identify molecular features that confer enhanced H7N9 virulence in mammals, we independently generated three mouse-adapted variants of A/Shanghai/2/2013 (H7N9) by serial passage in mice. The mouse lethal doses (MLD50) of the mouse-adapted variants were reduced >1000-100000-fold when compared to the parental virus. Adapted variants displayed enhanced replication kinetics in vivo, and were capable of replicating...
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