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SUBMITTER: Aamir UB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2735206 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aamir U B UB Wernery Ulrich U Ilyushina N N Webster R G RG
Virology 20061208 1
Our aim was to establish the phylogenetic relation of H9N2 avian viruses in the Middle East to other Asian H9N2 lineages by characterization of 7 viruses isolated from United Arab Emirates (2000-2003). All these viruses had an additional basic amino acid at the hemagglutinin-connecting peptide; 6 contained a mutation associated with increased affinity toward human-like sialic acid substrates. The viruses' surface glycoproteins and most internal genes were >90% similar to those of A/Quail/Hong Ko ...[more]