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H7N9 Influenza Virus Containing a Polybasic HA Cleavage Site Requires Minimal Host Adaptation to Obtain a Highly Pathogenic Disease Phenotype in Mice.
Viruses - 5 Jan 2020
Chan Mable, Leung Anders, Hisanaga Tamiko, Pickering Brad, Griffin Bryan D, Vendramelli Robert, Tailor Nikesh, Wong Gary, Bi Yuhai, Babiuk Shawn, Berhane Yohannes, Kobasa Darwyn
Abstract excerpt
Low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) H7N9 viruses have recently evolved to gain a polybasic cleavage site in the hemagglutinin (HA) protein, resulting in variants with increased lethality in poultry that meet the criteria for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses. Both LPAI and HPAI variants can cause severe disease in humans (case fatality rate of ~40%). Here, we investigated the virulence of HPAI...
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