Human infection with a reassortment avian influenza A H3N8 virus: an epidemiological investigation study

The H3N8 influenza virus is known to circulate in wild birds but cross-species transmission to mammalian hosts was also reported. In this case study, the authors report human infection with a reassortment avian influenza A H3N8 virus in a four-year old boy that developed severe symptoms.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pengtao Bao, Yang Liu, Xiaoai Zhang, Hang Fan, Jie Zhao, Mi Mu, Haiyang Li, Yanhe Wang, Honghan Ge, Shuang Li, Xin Yang, Qianqian Cui, Rui Chen, Liang Gao, Zhihua Sun, Lizhen Gao, Shuang Qiu, Xuchun Liu, Peter W. Horby, Xiubin Li, Liqun Fang, Wei Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34601-1
Description
Summary:The H3N8 influenza virus is known to circulate in wild birds but cross-species transmission to mammalian hosts was also reported. In this case study, the authors report human infection with a reassortment avian influenza A H3N8 virus in a four-year old boy that developed severe symptoms.
ISSN:2041-1723