A viral race for primacy: co-infection of a natural pair of low and highly pathogenic H7N7 avian influenza viruses in chickens and embryonated chicken eggs

Abstract Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) infection in poultry caused devastating mortality and economic losses. HPAIV of subtypes H5 and H7 emerge from precursor viruses of low pathogenicity (LP) by spontaneous mutation associated with a shift in the susceptibility of the endoproteol...

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Published in:	Emerging Microbes and Infections
Main Authors:	Annika Graaf, Reiner Ulrich, Pavlo Maksimov, David Scheibner, Susanne Koethe, Elsayed M. Abdelwhab, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Martin Beer, Timm Harder
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2018-12-01
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41426-018-0204-0