Detection and Characterization of Clade 1 Reassortant H5N1 Viruses Isolated from Human Cases in Vietnam during 2013.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 is endemic in Vietnamese poultry and has caused sporadic human infection in Vietnam since 2003. Human infections with HPAI H5N1 are of concern due to a high mortality rate and the potential for the emergence of pandemic viruses with sustained human-to-hu...

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Main Authors: Sharmi W Thor, Hieu Nguyen, Amanda Balish, Anh Nguyen Hoang, Kortney M Gustin, Pham Thi Nhung, Joyce Jones, Ngoc Nguyen Thu, William Davis, Thao Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Yunho Jang, Katrina Sleeman, Julie Villanueva, James Kile, Larisa V Gubareva, Stephen Lindstrom, Terrence M Tumpey, C Todd Davis, Nguyen Thanh Long
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4526568?pdf=render