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Genetic Characteristics and Pathogenicity Analysis in Chickens and Mice of Three H9N2 Avian Influenza Viruses

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Viruses. 2019 Dec 6;11(12). pii: E1127. doi: 10.3390/v11121127. [h=1]Genetic Characteristics and Pathogenicity Analysis in Chickens and Mice of Three H9N2 Avian Influenza Viruses.[/h]
Song Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Zhang Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Chen L[SUP]1[/SUP], Zhang B[SUP]1[/SUP], Zhang M[SUP]1[/SUP], Wang J[SUP]1[/SUP], Jiang Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Yang C[SUP]1[/SUP], Jiang T[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, 8 Nandajie, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China.

[h=3]Abstract[/h] H9N2 avian influenza is a remarkable disease that has circulated in domestic poultry in large regions of China and posed a serious threat to the poultry industry. The H9N2 virus can not only infect mammals directly, but also provide gene segments to generate novel, but lethal human reassortants. Therefore, it is important to study the evolution, pathogenicity, and transmission of the H9N2 virus. In this study, three H9N2 viruses isolated from chickens in different layer farms were identified. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that these H9N2 viruses were all multiple genotype reassortants, with genes originating from Y280-like, F/98-like, and G1-like viruses. Animal studies indicated that the AV1535 and AV1548 viruses replicated efficiently in the lungs, tracheas, spleens, kidneys, and brains of chickens; the viruses shed for at least 11 days post-inoculation (DPI) and were transmitted efficiently among contact chickens. The AV1534 virus replicated poorly in chickens, shed for 7 DPI, and were not transmitted efficiently among contact chickens. The AV1534 virus replicated well in mice lungs and caused about 2% weight loss. The AV1535 and AV1548 viruses were not able to replicate in the lungs of mice. Our results indicate that we should pay attention to H9N2 avian influenza virus surveillance in poultry and changes in the pathogenicity of them to mammals.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] H9N2; avian influenza virus; chicken; mice; pathogenicity; phylogenetic analysis; transmission

PMID: 31817585 DOI: 10.3390/v11121127
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