Acquisition of Human-Type Receptor Binding Specificity by New H5N1 Influenza Virus Sublineages during Their Emergence in Birds in Egypt

Yohei Watanabe; Madiha S. Ibrahim; Hany F. Ellakany; Norihito Kawashita; Rika Mizuike; Hiroaki Hiramatsu; Nogluk Sriwilaijaroen; Tatsuya Takagi; Yasuo Suzuki; Kazuyoshi Ikuta

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002068

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Acquisition of Human-Type Receptor Binding Specificity by New H5N1 Influenza Virus Sublineages during Their Emergence in Birds in Egypt

Yohei Watanabe ,

* E-mail: nabe@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp (YW); Ikuta@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp (KI)

Affiliation Department of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases (BIKEN), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Madiha S. Ibrahim,

Current address: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt

Affiliations Department of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases (BIKEN), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Damanhour Branch, Egypt
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Hany F. Ellakany,

Affiliation Department of Poultry Diseases and Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Edfina Branch, Egypt
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Norihito Kawashita,

Affiliations Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, Genome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Rika Mizuike,

Affiliation Department of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases (BIKEN), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Hiroaki Hiramatsu,

Affiliation Health Scientific Hills, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Aichi, Japan
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Nogluk Sriwilaijaroen,

Affiliations Health Scientific Hills, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Aichi, Japan, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University (Rangsit Campus), PathumThani, Thailand
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Tatsuya Takagi,

Affiliations Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, Genome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Yasuo Suzuki,

Affiliation Health Scientific Hills, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Aichi, Japan
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Kazuyoshi Ikuta

* E-mail: nabe@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp (YW); Ikuta@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp (KI)

Affiliation Department of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases (BIKEN), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Acquisition of Human-Type Receptor Binding Specificity by New H5N1 Influenza Virus Sublineages during Their Emergence in Birds in Egypt

Yohei Watanabe,
Madiha S. Ibrahim,
Hany F. Ellakany,
Norihito Kawashita,
Rika Mizuike,
Hiroaki Hiramatsu,
Nogluk Sriwilaijaroen,
Tatsuya Takagi,
Yasuo Suzuki,
Kazuyoshi Ikuta

Published: May 26, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002068

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