Surveillance in eastern India (2007-2009) revealed reassortment event involving ns and PB1-F2 gene segments among co-circulating influenza a subtypes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Influenza A virus encodes for eleven proteins, of which HA, NA, NS1 and PB1-F2 have been implicated in viral pathogenicity and virulence. Thus, in addition to the HA and NA gene segments, monitoring diversity of NS1 and PB1-F2 is als...

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Main Authors: Sarkar Mehuli, Chanda Shampa, Chakrabarti Sekhar, Mazumdar Jaydeep, Ganguly Anirban, Chadha Mandeep S, Mishra Akhilesh C, Chawla-Sarkar Mamta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:Virology Journal
Subjects:
NS
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/9/1/3