Phylogenetic and molecular characterization of H9N2 influenza isolates from chickens in Northern China from 2007-2009.

The repeated transmission to pigs and humans, and the long-term endemicity in terrestrial poultry of H9N2 viruses in China lend urgency to the study of their ecology and pathogenicity. In the present paper, we reported an H9N2 virus sublineage isolated from chickens in northern China from 2007 to 20...

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Main Authors: Jianmin Bi, Guangcun Deng, Jun Dong, Fuli Kong, Xuezhu Li, Qiang Xu, Miaojie Zhang, Lihong Zhao, Jian Qiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2947496?pdf=render