1. Mutations in Influenza A Virus (H5N1) and Possible Limited Spread, Turkey, 2006
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Gülşah Demirkeser, Derya Onel, Selim Badur, A. Selma Iyisan, Ender Altiok, Fulya Taylan, Osman Şadi Yenen, Mürvet Bozaci, Meral Akcay Ciblak, Şirin Yüksel, Emel Bozkaya, and Birsen Akcadag
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Microbiology (medical) ,Turkey ,Epidemiology ,Hemagglutinin (influenza) ,lcsh:Medicine ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,H5N1 genetic structure ,Virus ,Disease Outbreaks ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,Influenza, Human ,Veterinary virology ,medicine ,Influenza A virus ,Animals ,Humans ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,Amino Acid Sequence ,Avian flu pandemic ,Mutation ,Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype ,outbreak ,pandemic ,lcsh:R ,Dispatch ,Outbreak ,H5N1 ,Virology ,Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 ,Infectious Diseases ,Influenza in Birds ,biology.protein ,mutation ,Chickens - Abstract
We report mutations in influenza A virus (H5N1) strains associated with 2 outbreaks in Turkey. Four novel amino acid changes (Q447L, N556K, and R46K in RNA polymerase and S133A in hemagglutinin) were detected in virus isolates from 2 siblings who died.
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- 2008