Progress on viral and host determinants of influenza A virus species specificity.

Abstract excerpt

Influenza A viruses have a wide range of hosts and are highly infectious, which can cause zoonotic diseases and pose a serious public health threat to human safety. An influenza pandemic could outbreak if new strains gain the ability of human-to-human transmission, either by genetic mutation or by gene reassortment. It is an urgent issue for the scientific community to reveal the genetic basis and molecular...

Topics

• Humans
• Influenza A virus
• Influenza, Human
• Animals
• Species Specificity
• Host-Pathogen Interactions
• Mutation
• Host Specificity