Recombination as a mechanism in the evolution of influenza viruses: a two-year study of ducks in Hong Kong.

doi:10.1093/clinids/1.5.885

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Recombination as a mechanism in the evolution of influenza viruses: a two-year study of ducks in Hong Kong.

Reviews of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000

Gardner I D, Shortridge K F

Abstract excerpt

An analysis was made of 149 influenza A viruses isolated from ducks in Hong Kong during the period of November 1975 through October 1977. The viruses were isolated five times more frequently from ducks raised in the People's Republic of China than from those raised in Hong Kong. The isolation rat...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
China
Cloaca
Ducks
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Hemagglutinins, Viral
Hong Kong
Influenza A virus
Neuraminidase
Paramyxoviridae
Recombination, Genetic
Seasons
Trachea

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