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Poultry farms as a source of avian influenza A (H7N9) virus reassortment and human infection.
Scientific reports - 15 Jan 2015
Wu Donglin, Zou Shumei, Bai Tian, Li Jing, Zhao Xiang, Yang Lei, Liu Hongmin, Li Xiaodan, Yang Xianda, Xin Li, Xu Shuang, Zou Xiaohui, Li Xiyan, Wang Ao, Guo Junfeng, Sun Bingxin, Huang Weijuan, Zhang Ye, Li Xiang, Gao Rongbao, Shen Bo, Chen Tao, Dong Jie, Wei Hejiang, Wang Shiwen, Li Qun, Li Dexin, Wu Guizhen, Feng Zijian, Gao George F, Wang Yu, Wang Dayan, Fan Ming, Shu Yuelong
Abstract excerpt
Live poultry markets are a source of human infection with avian influenza A (H7N9) virus. On February 21, 2014, a poultry farmer infected with H7N9 virus was identified in Jilin, China, and H7N9 and H9N2 viruses were isolated from the patient's farm. Reassortment between these subtype viruses generated five genotypes, one of which caused the human infection. The date of H7N9 virus introduction to the farm is...
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