PB2 mutations arising during H9N2 influenza evolution in the Middle East confer enhanced replication and growth in mammals

• Yasuha Arai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

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• Norihito Kawashita,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliations Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1740-7232

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• Madiha Salah Ibrahim,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt

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• Emad Mohamed Elgendy,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4070-3811

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• Tomo Daidoji,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

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• Takao Ono,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Tatsuya Takagi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0044-0722

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• Takaaki Nakaya,

  Roles Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

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• Kazuhiko Matsumoto,

  Roles Funding acquisition

  Affiliation The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Yohei Watanabe

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nabe@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8305-6952

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