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Genomic characterizations of H4 subtype avian influenza viruses from live poultry markets in Sichuan province of China, 2014–2015

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81401312, 81373141, 81502857), National Grand Project on Prevention and Control of Major Infectious Diseases (2016ZX10004222-003), the intramural special grant for influenza virus research from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KJZD-EW-L15). George F. Gao is a leading principal investigator of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Innovative Research Group (81621091). Weifeng Shi is supported by the Taishan Scholars program of Shandong Province (ts201511056). Yuhai Bi is supported by the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (2017122).

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  1. National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China

    Chuansong Quan, Jie Zhang, Liumei Shu, Yingze Zhao, Peipei Liu, William J. Liu & George F. Gao

  2. Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Ting Huang, Xiuwei Chen, Lijun Zhou & Qiang Lv

  3. School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 200032, China

    Qianli Wang

  4. CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease, Institute of Microbiology, Center for Influenza Research and Early-warning (CASCIRE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Cheng Zhang, Yuhai Bi & George F. Gao

  5. Longquanyi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, 610000, China

    Tiyan Zhang & Chunrong Long

  6. Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Lei Yang & Xunbo Du

  7. Research Network of Immunity and Health (RNIH), Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Hao Song & George F. Gao

  8. Key Laboratory of Etiology and Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Universities of Shandong, Taishan Medical College, Taian, 271000, China

    Weifeng Shi

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Quan, C., Huang, T., Chen, X. et al. Genomic characterizations of H4 subtype avian influenza viruses from live poultry markets in Sichuan province of China, 2014–2015. Sci. China Life Sci. 61, 1123–1126 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-018-9327-4

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