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Emergence and Evolution of Novel Reassortant Influenza A Viruses in Canines in Southern China.
mBio - 5 Jun 2018
Chen Ying, Trovão Nídia S, Wang Guojun, Zhao Weifeng, He Ping, Zhou Huabo, Mo Yanning, Wei Zuzhang, Ouyang Kang, Huang Weijian, García-Sastre Adolfo, Nelson Martha I
Abstract excerpt
The capacity of influenza A viruses (IAVs) to host jump from animal reservoir species to humans presents an ongoing pandemic threat. Birds and swine are considered major reservoirs of viral genetic diversity, whereas equines and canines have historically been restricted to one or two stable IAV lineages with no transmission to humans. Here, by sequencing the complete genomes of 16 IAVs obtained from canines in...
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