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SUBMITTER: Sun Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4286136 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Protein & cell 20141111 1
The recent human infection with avian influenza virus revealed that H9N2 influenza virus is the gene donor for H7N9 and H10N8 viruses infecting humans. The crucial role of H9N2 viruses at the animal-human interface might be due to the wide host range, adaptation in both poultry and mammalian, and extensive gene reassortment. As the most prevalent subtype of influenza viruses in chickens in China, H9N2 also causes a great economic loss for the poultry industry, even under the long-term vaccinatio ...[more]