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H7N7 Avian Influenza Virus Mutation from Low to High Pathogenicity on a Layer Chicken Farm in the UK.
Viruses - 8 Feb 2021
Byrne Alexander M P, Reid Scott M, Seekings Amanda H, Núñez Alejandro, Obeso Prieto Ana B, Ridout Susan, Warren Caroline J, Puranik Anita, Ceeraz Vanessa, Essen Stephen, Slomka Marek J, Banks Jill, Brown Ian H, Brookes Sharon M
Abstract excerpt
Avian influenza virus (AIV) subtypes H5 and H7 are capable of mutating from low to high pathogenicity strains, causing high mortality in poultry with significant economic losses globally. During 2015, two outbreaks of H7N7 low pathogenicity AIV (LPAIV) in Germany, and one each in the United Kingdom (UK) and The Netherlands occurred, as well as single outbreaks of H7N7 high pathogenicity AIV (HPAIV) in Germany and...
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