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Infectivity and Transmissibility of Avian H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Pigs
14 Jan 2016
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: The H9N2 influenza viruses that are enzootic in terrestrial poultry in China pose a persistent pandemic threat to humans. To investigate whether the continuous circulation and adaptation of these viruses in terrestrial poultry increased their infectivity to pigs, we conducted a serological survey in pig herds with H9N2 viruses selected from the aquatic avian gene pool (Y439 lineage) and the enzootic...
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