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Evolutionary dynamics of avian influenza A H7N9 virus across five waves in mainland China, 2013-2017.
The Journal of infection - 1 Sept 2018
Xiang Dan, Pu Zhiqing, Luo Tingting, Guo Fucheng, Li Xiaobing, Shen Xuejuan, Irwin David M, Murphy Robert W, Liao Ming, Shen Yongyi
Abstract excerpt
Since its emergence in March 2013, novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus has triggered five epidemics of human infections in China. This raises concerns about the pandemic threat of this quickly evolving H7N9 subtype for humans. In this study, we evaluated all available genomes for H7N9 and H9N2 influenza A viruses. Our assessment discovered that H7N9 of the 1st wave had the lowest nucleotide diversity, which then...
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