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Highly Pathogenic Avian H7N9 Influenza Viruses: Recent Challenges

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Trends Microbiol. 2018 Dec 12. pii: S0966-842X(18)30258-0. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.11.008. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Highly Pathogenic Avian H7N9 Influenza Viruses: Recent Challenges.[/h] Ma MJ[SUP]1[/SUP], Yang Y[SUP]2[/SUP], Fang LQ[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] Novel highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H7N9 viruses of the fifth epidemic wave infect humans and poultry. Recently, HPAI H7N9 viruses have evolved into different subtypes and genotypes, exhibited heightened virulence in mammals, and extended their host range, thereby posing a potential threat to public health and the poultry industry.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] H7N9 virus; evolution; influenza A virus; pathogenicity; transmissibility

PMID: 30553653 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.11.008
 
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