Preprint: Fatal Human H3N8 Influenza Virus has a Moderate Pandemic Risk

[Michael Coston]

Preprint: Fatal Human H3N8 Influenza Virus has a Moderate Pandemic Risk


Credit NIAID


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While much of the world thinks primarily of HPAI H5 when it comes to avian flu threats, China's researchers...

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PLoS One


. 2025 Sep 23;20(9):e0332213.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0332213. eCollection 2025. Characterisation of a novel chicken-derived H3N3 avian influenza virus detected in China in 2023: Pathogenicity and immunogenicity...

[Michael Coston]

J. of Infection: Global Spread of H3 Subtype Avian Influenza Viruses With an Accelerated Evolution After Interspecies Transmission



Transmission routes of HA sequences from H3 sublineages at a global scale

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[Michael Coston]

Virology: Assessment of the Public Health Risk of Novel Reassortant H3N3 Avian Influenza Viruses That Emerged in Chickens



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Although H5 and H7 viruses have sparked relatively small epidemics over the past...

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mBio


. 2025 Jun 16:e0067725.
doi: 10.1128/mbio.00677-25. Online ahead of print. Assessment of the public health risk of novel reassortant H3N3 avian influenza viruses that emerged in chickens

Han Li ^{# 1} , Qi T...

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Emerg Microbes Infect


. 2025 May 20:2509748.
doi: 10.1080/22221751.2025.2509748. Online ahead of print. Characterization of emerging H3N3 avian influenza viruses in poultry in China

Cheng Yan ¹ , Jianzhong Shi...

[Michael Coston]

Emerg. Microbes & Inf: Unique Phenomenon of H5 HPAI Virus in China: Co-circulation of Clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 and H5N6 results in diversity of H5 Virus


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China has often been called the `cradle of influenza', primarily...

[Michael Coston]

Virology Journal: Emerging Zoonotic Potential of H4N1 Avian Influenza Virus: Enhanced Human Receptor Binding and Replication via Novel Mutations




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Over the past several years we've seen a steady stream...

[Michael Coston]

J. Gen. Virology: Emergence, Migration & Spreading of the HPAI Virus H5NX of the Gs/Gd Lineage into America




H5N1's Early Impacts Credit WHO

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Nearly 30 years ago H5 A/Goose/Guangdong/1/1996...

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Vet Res


. 2025 Mar 11;56(1):56.
doi: 10.1186/s13567-025-01484-1. Emergence of a novel reassortant H3N3 avian influenza virus with enhanced pathogenicity and transmissibility in chickens in China

Chunping Zhang...

[Michael Coston]

Vet. Research: Emergence of a Novel Reassortant H3N3 Avian Influenza Virus with Enhanced Pathogenicity and Transmissibility in Chickens in China



The convoluted road to a new reassortant avian H3N3 virus

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[Michael Coston]

China: Shanghai Bans Live Poultry Sales




Photo Credit – FAO

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The link between China's live poultry markets (LPMs) and the spread (and reassortment of) avian flu strains has been...

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BMC Genomics


. 2024 Dec 26;25(1):1249.
doi: 10.1186/s12864-024-11152-x. Evidence of an emerging triple-reassortant H3N3 avian influenza virus in China

Lei He ^{# 1} , Yuhao Zhang ^{# 1} , Kaixin Si ¹ , Chuan Yu ²...

[Michael Coston]

BMC Genomics: Evidence of an Emerging Triple-reassortant H3N3 Avian Influenza Virus in China






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A little over a year ago, in Emerg. Microb & Inf.: Emergence of Novel Reassortant H3N3...

[Michael Coston]

J. Infection: Surveillance of Avian Influenza Viruses in Hebei Province of China - Identification of a Novel Reassortant H3N3




Fig.4 Possible modes of cross-species transmission of avian influenza


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