H5Nx Viruses Emerged during the Suppression of H5N1 Virus Populations in Poultry

ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 viruses have posed a substantial pandemic threat through repeated human infection since their emergence in China in 1996. Nationwide control measures, including vaccination of poultry, were implemented in 2005, leading to a sharp reduction in H5N1...

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Main Authors: Yao-Tsun Li, Yvonne C. F. Su, Gavin J. D. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/Spectrum.01309-21