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Avian Influenza H7N9 Virus Adaptation to Human Hosts.
Viruses - 10 May 2021
Tan Swan, Sjaugi Muhammad Farhan, Fong Siew Chinn, Chong Li Chuin, Abd Raman Hadia Syahirah, Nik Mohamed Nik Elena, August Joseph Thomas, Khan Asif M
Abstract excerpt
Avian influenza virus A (H7N9), after circulating in avian hosts for decades, was identified as a human pathogen in 2013. Herein, amino acid substitutions possibly essential for human adaptation were identified by comparing the 4706 aligned overlapping nonamer position sequences (1-9, 2-10, etc.) of the reported 2014 and 2017 avian and human H7N9 datasets. The initial set of virus sequences (as of year 2014)...
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