Novel Influenza A(H7N2) Virus in Chickens, Jilin Province, China, 2014

Novel Influenza A(H7N2) Virus in Chickens, Jilin Province, China, 2014

In February 2014, while investigating the source of a human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus in northern China, we isolated subtypes H7N2 and H9N2 viruses from chickens on the patient’s farm. Sequence analysis revealed that the H7N2 virus is a novel reassortant of H7N9 and H9N2 viruses. Contin...

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Main Authors: Jianzhong Shi, Guohua Deng, Xianying Zeng, Huihui Kong, Xiaoyu Wang, Kunpeng Lu, Xiurong Wang, Guodong Mu, Xiaolong Xu, Pengfei Cui, Hongmei Bao, Guobin Tian, Hualan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
influenza virus
H7N2 reassortant
H7N9
H9N2
influenza
viruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/10/14-0869_article

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