Characterization of an avian influenza A (H5N1) virus isolated from a child with a fatal respiratory illness.

K, Subbarao; A, Klimov; J, Katz; H, Regnery; W, Lim; H, Hall; M, Perdue; D, Swayne; C, Bender; J, Huang; M, Hemphill; T, Rowe; M, Shaw; X, Xu; K, Fukuda; N, Cox

doi:10.1126/science.279.5349.393

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Characterization of an avian influenza A (H5N1) virus isolated from a child with a fatal respiratory illness.

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Subbarao K

Klimov A

Katz J

Abstract

An avian H5N1 influenza A virus (A/Hong Kong/156/97) was isolated from a tracheal aspirate obtained from a 3-year-old child in Hong Kong with a fatal illness consistent with influenza. Serologic analysis indicated the presence of an H5 hemagglutinin. All eight RNA segments were derived from an avian...

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