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Highly Pathogenic Influenza A(H5Nx) Viruses with Altered H5 Receptor-Binding Specificity.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2017
Guo Hongbo, de Vries Erik, McBride Ryan, Dekkers Jojanneke, Peng Wenjie, Bouwman Kim M, Nycholat Corwin, Verheije M Helene, Paulson James C, van Kuppeveld Frank J M, de Haan Cornelis A M
Abstract excerpt
Emergence and intercontinental spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5Nx) virus clade 2.3.4.4 is unprecedented. H5N8 and H5N2 viruses have caused major economic losses in the poultry industry in Europe and North America, and lethal human infections with H5N6 virus have occurred in Asia. Knowledge of the evolution of receptor-binding specificity of these viruses, which might affect host range, is urgently...
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