Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H7N3) Virus in Poultry Workers, Mexico, 2012

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H7N3) Virus in Poultry Workers, Mexico, 2012

We identified 2 poultry workers with conjunctivitis caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H7N3) viruses in Jalisco, Mexico. Genomic and antigenic analyses of 1 isolate indicated relatedness to poultry and wild bird subtype H7N3 viruses from North America. This isolate had a multibasic cleava...

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Main Authors: Irma Lopez-Martinez, Amanda Balish, Gisela Barrera-Badillo, Joyce Jones, Tatiana E. Nuñez-García, Yunho Jang, Rodrigo Aparicio-Antonio, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Jessica A. Belser, José E. Ramirez-Gonzalez, Janice C. Pedersen, Joanna Ortiz-Alcantara, Elizabeth Gonzalez-Duran, Bo Shu, Shannon L. Emery, Mee K. Poh, Gustavo Reyes-Teran, Joel A. Vazquez-Perez, Santiago Avila-Rios, Timothy Uyeki, Stephen Lindstrom, Julie Villanueva, Jerome Tokars, Cuitláhuac Ruiz-Matus, Jesus F. Gonzalez-Roldan, Beverly Schmitt, Alexander Klimov, Nancy Cox, Pablo Kuri-Morales, C. Todd Davis, José Alberto Diaz-Quiñonez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
influenza virus
H7N3
highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus
viruses
conjunctivitis
poultry workers
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/9/13-0087_article

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