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Comment
. 2023 Feb;28(7):2300085.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.7.2300085.

Letter to the editor: Highly pathogenic influenza A(H5N1) viruses in farmed mink outbreak contain a disrupted second sialic acid binding site in neuraminidase, similar to human influenza A viruses

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Letter to the editor: Highly pathogenic influenza A(H5N1) viruses in farmed mink outbreak contain a disrupted second sialic acid binding site in neuraminidase, similar to human influenza A viruses

Erik de Vries et al. Euro Surveill. 2023 Feb.
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Keywords: H5N1; avian influenza; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; influenza A virus; mink; neuraminidase; second sialic acid binding site.

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