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Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Jan;25(1):136-139. doi: 10.3201/eid2501.180618.
Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Virus in Poultry Worker, Pakistan, 2015.
Ali M, Yaqub T, Mukhtar N, Imran M, Ghafoor A, Shahid MF, Naeem M, Iqbal M, Smith GJD, Su YCF.
Abstract
Avian influenza A(H9N2) virus isolated from a poultry worker in Pakistan in 2015 was closely related to viruses detected in poultry farms. Observed mutations in the hemagglutinin related to receptor-binding affinity and antigenicity could affect cross-reactivity with prepandemic H9N2 vaccine strains.
KEYWORDS:
Pakistan; Surveillance; avian influenza; evolution; influenza; influenza A(H9N2); poultry workers; viruses; zoonoses
PMID: 30561309 DOI: 10.3201/eid2501.180618
Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Virus in Poultry Worker, Pakistan, 2015.
Ali M, Yaqub T, Mukhtar N, Imran M, Ghafoor A, Shahid MF, Naeem M, Iqbal M, Smith GJD, Su YCF.
Abstract
Avian influenza A(H9N2) virus isolated from a poultry worker in Pakistan in 2015 was closely related to viruses detected in poultry farms. Observed mutations in the hemagglutinin related to receptor-binding affinity and antigenicity could affect cross-reactivity with prepandemic H9N2 vaccine strains.
KEYWORDS:
Pakistan; Surveillance; avian influenza; evolution; influenza; influenza A(H9N2); poultry workers; viruses; zoonoses
PMID: 30561309 DOI: 10.3201/eid2501.180618