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Composition of the Hemagglutinin Polybasic Proteolytic Cleavage Motif Mediates Variable Virulence of H7N7 Avian Influenza Viruses.
Scientific reports - 22 Dec 2016
Abdelwhab E M, Veits Jutta, Ulrich Reiner, Kasbohm Elisa, Teifke Jens P, Mettenleiter Thomas C
Abstract excerpt
Acquisition of a polybasic cleavage site (pCS) in the hemagglutinin (HA) is a prerequisite for the shift of low pathogenic (LP) avian influenza virus (AIV) to the highly pathogenic (HP) form in chickens. Whereas presence of a pCS is required for high pathogenicity, less is known about the effect of composition of pCS on virulence of AIV particularly H7N7. Here, we investigated the virulence of four avian H7N7...
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