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Phylogenetics of varied subtypes of avian influenza viruses in China: potential threat to humans

  • Weifeng Shi 1 ,
  • Wei Li 2 ,
  • Xianbin Li 3,4 ,
  • Joel Haywood 4,5 ,
  • Juncai Ma 2 ,
  • George F. Gao 4,5,6,7 ,
  • Di Liu , 2
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  • 1. School of Basic Medical Sciences, Taishan Medical College, Taian 271016, China
  • 2. Network Information Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 3. Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenzhen 518055, China
  • 4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 5. CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 6. Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 7. Office of Director-General, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), Beijing 102206, China

Published date: 24 Jun 2014

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2014 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Weifeng Shi , Wei Li , Xianbin Li , Joel Haywood , Juncai Ma , George F. Gao , Di Liu . Phylogenetics of varied subtypes of avian influenza viruses in China: potential threat to humans[J]. Protein & Cell, 0 , 5(4) : 253 -257 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-014-0036-1

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