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Researchers probe pandemic potential of H9N2 virus
Source: CIDRAP.umn.edu
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http://www.cidrap.umn.edu:80/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/news/aug1408avian-br2.html
Lisa Schnirring Staff Writer
Aug 14, 2008 (CIDRAP News) ? Scientists have warned it's impossible to predict which avian influenza virus will spark the next pandemic, and while most of the attention has been on highly pathogenic H5N1, one research group is reporting new findings that raise concerns about the threat from the low-pathogenic H9N2 virus.
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The group concluded that H9N2 viruses are poised for further adaptation that could make transmission more efficient among mammals and humans. Though they did not find aerosol transmission, a key feature of a pandemic influenza strain, an abundance of other risk factors, such as the human virus-like specificity in some avian and swine isolates, build a strong case for H9N2 as a potential public health threat , they assert.
Wan H, Sorrell EM, Song H, et al. Replication and transmission of H9N2 influenza viruses in ferrets: evaluation of pandemic potential. PLoS One 2008 Aug;3(8):1-13
For full text:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0002923
Source: CIDRAP.umn.edu
For full text of this article:
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu:80/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/news/aug1408avian-br2.html
Lisa Schnirring Staff Writer
Aug 14, 2008 (CIDRAP News) ? Scientists have warned it's impossible to predict which avian influenza virus will spark the next pandemic, and while most of the attention has been on highly pathogenic H5N1, one research group is reporting new findings that raise concerns about the threat from the low-pathogenic H9N2 virus.
(snip)
The group concluded that H9N2 viruses are poised for further adaptation that could make transmission more efficient among mammals and humans. Though they did not find aerosol transmission, a key feature of a pandemic influenza strain, an abundance of other risk factors, such as the human virus-like specificity in some avian and swine isolates, build a strong case for H9N2 as a potential public health threat , they assert.
Wan H, Sorrell EM, Song H, et al. Replication and transmission of H9N2 influenza viruses in ferrets: evaluation of pandemic potential. PLoS One 2008 Aug;3(8):1-13
For full text:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0002923
