Are there alternative avian influenza viruses for generation of stable attenuated avian-human influenza A reassortant viruses?

doi:10.1016/0168-1702(95)00082-8

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Are there alternative avian influenza viruses for generation of stable attenuated avian-human influenza A reassortant viruses?

Virus research - 1 Dec 1995

Subbarao K, Webster R G, Kawaoka Y, Murphy B R

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The present study evaluated gull influenza A viruses as donors of attenuating genes for the production of live, attenuated influenza A H1N1 and H3N2 avian-human (ah) reassortant viruses for use as vaccines to prevent disease due to influenza A viruses in humans. The previously evaluated duck infl...

Topics

Animals
Cell Line
Chick Embryo
Chickens
Culture Techniques
Dogs
Genotype
Humans
Influenza A virus
Pan troglodytes
Reassortant Viruses
Reproducibility of Results
Saimiri
Vaccines, Attenuated
Viral Vaccines
Virus Replication

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