Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2008)
Mutations in Influenza A Virus (H5N1) and Possible Limited Spread, Turkey, 2006
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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