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Influenza
Reports from J.J. Chen and co-researchers add new data to research in influenza
March 10th, 2009
According to recent research from Wuhan, People's Republic of China, "Two avian influenza virus strains, A/domestic green-winged teal/Hunan/67/2005 (H5N1) (D-GWT/67) and A/domestic green-winged teal/Hunan/79/2005 (H5N1) (D-GWT/79), were isolated from healthy domestic green-winged teals (Anas crecca) in Hunan Province, South China. Genomic analysis showed that both isolates were reassortants." "The hemagglutinin (HA) genes of the two isolates were closely related to that of an H5N1 strain isolated from tree sparrow (A/tree sparrow/Henan/1/04). The neuraminidase (NA) genes and the internal protein genes of both isolates were closely related to those from...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-10)
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