Yujie Hou, Guohua Deng, Pengfei Cui, Xianying Zeng, Bin Li, Dongxue Wang, Xinwen He, Cheng Yan, Yaping Zhang, Jiongjie Li, Jinming Ma, Yanbing Li, Xiurong Wang, Guobin Tian, Huihui Kong, Lijie Tang, Yasuo Suzuki, Jianzhong Shi, Hualan Chen
Human infections with the H7N9 influenza virus have been eliminated in China through vaccination of poultry; however, the H7N9 virus has not yet been eradicated from poultry. Carefully analysis of H7N9 viruses in poultry that have sub-optimal immunity may provide a unique opportunity to witness the evolution of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the context of vaccination. Between January 2020 and June 2023, we isolated 16 H7N9 viruses from samples we collected during surveillance and samples that were sent to us for disease diagnosis...
April 17, 2024: Emerging Microbes & Infections