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Sci China Life Sci. 2017 Oct 9. doi: 10.1007/s11427-017-9152-1. [Epub ahead of print]
Phylogenetic and genetic characterization of a 2017 clinical isolate of H7N9 virus in Guangzhou, China during the fifth epidemic wave.
Deng Y1, Li C2, Han J1, Wen Y2, Wang J2, Hong W2, Li X1, Liu Z1, Ye Q1, Li J1, Zhou C1, Yu L2, Qin C1, Zhang F3, Jiang T4,5.
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Pathogenic H7N9 influenza viruses continue to pose a public health concern. The H7N9 virus has caused five outbreak waves of human infections in China since 2013. In the present study, a novel H7N9 strain (A/Guangdong/8H324/2017) was isolated from a female patient with severe respiratory illness during the fifth wave of the 2017 H7N9 epidemic. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the H7N9 viruses collected during the fifth wave belong to two different lineages: the Pearl River Delta lineage and the Yangtze River Delta lineage. The novel isolate is closely related to the Pearl River Delta H7N9 viruses, which were isolated from patients in Guangdong Province. The novel H7N9 isolate has an insertion of three basic amino acids in the cleavage site of hemagglutinin (HA), which may enhance virulence in poultry. The 2017 isolate also possesses an R292K substitution in the neuraminidase (NA) protein, which confers oseltamivir resistance. This study highlights the pandemic potential of the novel H7N9 virus in mammals; thus, future characterization and surveillance is warranted.
KEYWORDS:
H7N9; influenza virus; phylogenetic and genetic characterization
PMID: 29019145 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-017-9152-1
Phylogenetic and genetic characterization of a 2017 clinical isolate of H7N9 virus in Guangzhou, China during the fifth epidemic wave.
Deng Y1, Li C2, Han J1, Wen Y2, Wang J2, Hong W2, Li X1, Liu Z1, Ye Q1, Li J1, Zhou C1, Yu L2, Qin C1, Zhang F3, Jiang T4,5.
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Abstract
Pathogenic H7N9 influenza viruses continue to pose a public health concern. The H7N9 virus has caused five outbreak waves of human infections in China since 2013. In the present study, a novel H7N9 strain (A/Guangdong/8H324/2017) was isolated from a female patient with severe respiratory illness during the fifth wave of the 2017 H7N9 epidemic. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the H7N9 viruses collected during the fifth wave belong to two different lineages: the Pearl River Delta lineage and the Yangtze River Delta lineage. The novel isolate is closely related to the Pearl River Delta H7N9 viruses, which were isolated from patients in Guangdong Province. The novel H7N9 isolate has an insertion of three basic amino acids in the cleavage site of hemagglutinin (HA), which may enhance virulence in poultry. The 2017 isolate also possesses an R292K substitution in the neuraminidase (NA) protein, which confers oseltamivir resistance. This study highlights the pandemic potential of the novel H7N9 virus in mammals; thus, future characterization and surveillance is warranted.
KEYWORDS:
H7N9; influenza virus; phylogenetic and genetic characterization
PMID: 29019145 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-017-9152-1