The Novel Human Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Is Naturally Adapted to Efficient Growth in Human Lung Tissue

ABSTRACT A novel influenza A virus (IAV) of the H7N9 subtype has been isolated from severely diseased patients with pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome and, apparently, from healthy poultry in March 2013 in Eastern China. We evaluated replication, tropism, and cytokine induction of the...

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Main Authors: Jessica Knepper, Kristina L. Schierhorn, Anne Becher, Matthias Budt, Mario Tönnies, Torsten T. Bauer, Paul Schneider, Jens Neudecker, Jens C. Rückert, Achim D. Gruber, Norbert Suttorp, Brunhilde Schweiger, Stefan Hippenstiel, Andreas C. Hocke, Thorsten Wolff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013-11-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00601-13