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Continuous reassortments with local chicken H9N2 virus underlie the human-infecting influenza A (H7N9) virus in the new influenza season, Guangdong, China

  • Wenbao Qi 1 ,
  • Weifeng Shi 2 ,
  • Wei Li 3 ,
  • Lihong Huang 1 ,
  • Huanan Li 1 ,
  • Ying Wu 4 ,
  • Jinghua Yan 4 ,
  • Peirong Jiao 1 ,
  • Baoli Zhu 4,5 ,
  • Juncai Ma 3 ,
  • George F. Gao 4,5,6,7 ,
  • Ming Liao , 1 ,
  • Di Liu , 3,4
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  • 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
  • 2. School of Basic Medical Sciences, Taishan Medical College, Taian 271016, China
  • 3. Network Information Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 4. CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 6. Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 7. Office of Director-General, (China CDC), Beijing 102206, China

Published date: 20 Nov 2014

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Wenbao Qi , Weifeng Shi , Wei Li , Lihong Huang , Huanan Li , Ying Wu , Jinghua Yan , Peirong Jiao , Baoli Zhu , Juncai Ma , George F. Gao , Ming Liao , Di Liu . Continuous reassortments with local chicken H9N2 virus underlie the human-infecting influenza A (H7N9) virus in the new influenza season, Guangdong, China[J]. Protein & Cell, 2014 , 5(11) : 878 -882 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-014-0084-6

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