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. 2008 Mar;14(3):491-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1403.061237.

Mutations in influenza A virus (H5N1) and possible limited spread, Turkey, 2006

Ender Altiok  1 , Fulya Taylan, Osman S Yenen, Gülşah Demirkeser, Mürvet Bozaci, Derya Onel, Birsen Akcadag, A Selma Iyisan, Meral Ciblak, Emel Bozkaya, Sirin Yuksel, Selim Badur
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Mutations in influenza A virus (H5N1) and possible limited spread, Turkey, 2006

Ender Altiok et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Mar.

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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