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Novel residues in the PA protein of avian influenza H7N7 virus affect virulence in mammalian hosts.
Virology - 1 Nov 2016
Zhao Hanjun, Chu Hin, Zhao Xiaoyu, Shuai Huiping, Wong Bosco Ho-Yin, Wen Lei, Yuan Shuofeng, Zheng Bo-Jian, Zhou Jie, Yuen Kwok-Yung
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the pathogenicity, a highly pathogenic avian influenza H7N7 virus (A/Netherlands/219/03) isolated from human was passaged in mice. A mutant virus (mH7N7) with attenuated virulence was isolated from mouse lung, which had a 3-log higher MLD50 than the wild-type virus (wH7N7). Sequence analysis and reverse genetics study revealed that mutations in PA account for the compromised viral replication in...
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