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H7N9 virulent mutants detected in chickens in China pose an increased threat to humans.
Cell research - 1 Dec 2017
Shi Jianzhong, Deng Guohua, Kong Huihui, Gu Chunyang, Ma Shujie, Yin Xin, Zeng Xianying, Cui Pengfei, Chen Yan, Yang Huanliang, Wan Xiaopeng, Wang Xiurong, Liu Liling, Chen Pucheng, Jiang Yongping, Liu Jinxiong, Guan Yuntao, Suzuki Yasuo, Li Mei, Qu Zhiyuan, Guan Lizheng, Zang Jinkai, Gu Wenli, Han Shuyu, Song Yangming, Hu Yuzhen, Wang Zeng, Gu Linlin, Yang Wenyu, Liang Libin, Bao Hongmei, Tian Guobin, Li Yanbing, Qiao Chuanling, Jiang Li, Li Chengjun, Bu Zhigao, Chen Hualan
Abstract excerpt
Certain low pathogenic avian influenza viruses can mutate to highly pathogenic viruses when they circulate in domestic poultry, at which point they can cause devastating poultry diseases and severe economic damage. The H7N9 influenza viruses that emerged in 2013 in China had caused severe human infections and deaths. However, these viruses were nonlethal in poultry. It is unknown whether the H7N9 viruses can...
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