A Novel Reassortant Avian H7N6 Influenza Virus Is Transmissible in Guinea Pigs via Respiratory Droplets

A Novel Reassortant Avian H7N6 Influenza Virus Is Transmissible in Guinea Pigs via Respiratory Droplets

Since 2013, H7N9 and H5N6 avian influenza viruses (AIVs) have caused sporadic human infections and deaths and continued to circulate in the poultry industry. Since 2014, H7N6 viruses which might be reassortants of H7N9 and H5N6 viruses, have been isolated in China. However, the biological properties...

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Main Authors: Zongzheng Zhao, Lina Liu, Zhendong Guo, Chunmao Zhang, Zhongyi Wang, Guoyuan Wen, Wenting Zhang, Yu Shang, Tengfei Zhang, Zuwu Jiao, Ligong Chen, Cheng Zhang, Huan Cui, Meilin Jin, Chengyu Wang, Qingping Luo, Huabin Shao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
avian H7N6 influenza A virus
reassortment
receptor binding
pathogenicity
transmissibility
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00018/full

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