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An Arg-Lys insertion at the hemagglutinin cleavage site of an H5N2 avian influenza isolate.
Virus genes - 1 Jan 1996
Perdue M L, Garcia M, Beck J, Brugh M, Swayne D E
Abstract excerpt
Recent isolations of H5N2 subtype avian influenza (AI) viruses in North America have raised questions concerning their origin, transmission to commercial poultry, and potential for virulence. One ratite-origin isolate of low pathogenicity, A/emu/TX/39924/93 (H5N2), was subjected to a procedure that rapidly selects and/or amplifies highly pathogenic (HP) strains. The resulting highly virulent derivative had an...
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