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Table 4 Average d N / d S across H7 avian influenza HA1 for lineages corresponding to different viral pathogenicities

From: Evolutionary interactions between haemagglutinin and neuraminidase in avian influenza

Virus pathogenicity

Mean d N /d S

Lower 90% HPD limit for d N /d S

Upper 90% HPD limit for d N /d S

HP

0.146

0.092

0.207

LP

0.115

0.082

0.150

  1. Stochastic mutational mapping was used to calculate d N /d S along lineages corresponding to viruses of high pathogenicity (HP) and low pathogenicity (LP) for 1000 MCMC tree samples, in an analogous manner to that described for comparisons by background NA subtype.