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Letter to the Editors

The S128N mutation combined with an additional potential N-linked glycosylation site at residue 133 in hemagglutinin affects the antigenicity of the human H7N9 virus

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Pages 1-2 | Received 08 Jan 2016, Accepted 05 Apr 2016, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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