Generation and Characterization of Live Attenuated Influenza A(H7N9) Candidate Vaccine Virus Based on Russian Donor of Attenuation.

Avian influenza A (H7N9) virus has emerged recently and continues to cause severe disease with a high mortality rate in humans prompting the development of candidate vaccine viruses. Live attenuated influenza vaccines (LAIV) are 6:2 reassortant viruses containing the HA and NA gene segments from wil...

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Main Authors: Svetlana Shcherbik, Nicholas Pearce, Amanda Balish, Joyce Jones, Sharmi Thor, Charles Todd Davis, Melissa Pearce, Terrence Tumpey, David Cureton, Li-Mei Chen, Julie Villanueva, Tatiana L Bousse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4583547?pdf=render