Evolution of the H9N2 influenza genotype that facilitated the genesis of the novel H7N9 virus

Pu, Juan; Wang, Shuoguo; Yin, Yanbo; Zhang, Guozhong; Carter, Robert; Wang, Jinliang; Xu, Guanlong; Sun, Honglei; Wang, Min; Chu, Wen; Wei, Yandi; Wang, Dongdong; Zhu, Baoli; Lemmon, Gordon; Jiao, Yuannian; Duan, Susu; Wang, Qian; Du, Qian; Sun, Meng; Bao, Jinnan; Sun, Yipeng; Zhao, Jixun; Zhang, Hui; Wu, Gang; Liu, Jinhua; G. Webster, Robert

doi:10.1073/pnas.1422456112

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Evolution of the H9N2 influenza genotype that facilitated the genesis of the novel H7N9 virus

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Dec 29, 2014

Authors:

Juan Pu

Shuoguo Wang

Yanbo Yin

Abstract

The emergence of human infection with a novel H7N9 influenza virus in China raises a pandemic concern. Chicken H9N2 viruses provided all six of the novel reassortant's internal genes. However, it is not fully understood how the prevalence and evolution of these H9N2 chicken viruses facilitated the g...

Subject

Reassortment

Virology

Biology

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