| Literature DB >> 18592132 |
Muhammad Hassan Mushtaq1, Huang Juan, Ping Jiang, Yufeng Li, TianXian Li, Yijun Du, Muhammad Mahmood Mukhtar.
Abstract
An influenza A virus (A/Tig/SH/01/2005 (H5N1) was isolated from lung tissue samples of a dead zoo tiger with respiratory disease in China in July 2005. Complete genome analysis indicated that the isolate was highly identical to an H5N1 virus isolated from a migratory duck at Poyang lake in China in that year. The genotype of the isolate was K,G,D,5J,F,1J,F,1E, and phylogenetically it was a clade 2.2 virus. Molecular characterization of all of the gene segments revealed characteristics of highly pathogenic influenza A viruses. These results may help to identify molecular determinants of virulence and highlight the necessity for continuous surveillance.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18592132 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-008-0145-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Virol ISSN: 0304-8608 Impact factor: 2.574