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Genetic and antigenic diversity of H7N9 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in China.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2021
He Dongchang, Gu Jinyuan, Gu Min, Wu Huiguang, Li Juan, Zhan Tiansong, Chen Yu, Xu Naiqing, Ge Zhichuang, Wang Guoqing, Hao Xiaoli, Wang Xiaoquan, Hu Jiao, Hu Zenglei, Hu Shunlin, Liu Xiaowen, Liu Xiufan
Abstract excerpt
Avian influenza virus (AIV) H7N9 that emerged in 2013 in eastern China is a novel zoonotic agent mainly circulating in poultry without clinical signs but causing severe disease with high fatality in humans in more than 5 waves. Since the emergence of highly pathogenic (HP) H7N9 variants in 2016, it has induced heavy losses in the poultry industry leading to the implementation of an intensive nationwide...
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