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Genetic and antigenic analysis of the influenza virus responsible for the 1992 Hong Kong equine influenza epizootic.
Virology - 1 Nov 1994
Lai A C, Lin Y P, Powell D G, Shortridge K F, Webster R G, Daly J, Chambers T M
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An outbreak of influenza occurred among thoroughbred racehorses in Hong Kong in November-December 1992, with morbidity of 37%. All horses involved had been vaccinated against equine-1 and equine-2 influenza viruses but not against the virus responsible for the 1989 equine influenza outbreak in northern China (influenza A/equine/Jilin/89, subtype H3N8). Therefore the source and nature of the virus causing the Hong...
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