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Identification of a novel reassortant A (H9N6) virus in live poultry markets in Poyang Lake region, China.
Archives of virology - 1 Dec 2017
Zhang Heng, Liu Mingbin, Zeng Xiaoxu, Zhao Xiang, Deng Zhiqiang, Yang Lei, Chen Wenbing, Li Zi, Jiao Ming, Xia Wen, Han Bin, Chen Haiying, Shu Yuelong, Wang Dayan
Abstract excerpt
Live poultry markets (LPM) are one of the most important sources of human infection with avian influenza virus (AIV). During our routine surveillance of AIV, we identified an H9N6 virus (JX-H9N6) in a LPM in Nanchang city, Jiangxi Province, China. Using Bayesian coalescent analysis, it was predicted that JX-H9N6 had originated from a reassortment event between H9N2 and H6N6 AIVs in early 2014, instead of being...
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