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Genetic diversity of the 2013-14 human isolates of influenza H7N9 in China.
BMC infectious diseases - 28 Feb 2015
Farooqui Amber, Leon Alberto J, Huang Linxi, Wu Suwu, Cai Yingmu, Lin Pengzhou, Chen Weihong, Fang Xibin, Zeng Tiansheng, Liu Yisu, Zhang Li, Su Ting, Chen Weibin, Ghedin Elodie, Zhu Huachen, Guan Yi, Kelvin David J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Influenza H7N9 has become an endemic pathogen in China where circulating virus is found extensively in wild birds and domestic poultry. Two epidemic waves of Human H7N9 infections have taken place in Eastern and South Central China during the years of 2013 and 2014. In this study, we report on the first four human cases of influenza H7N9 in Shantou, Guangdong province, which occurred during the second...
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