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SUBMITTER: Zaraket H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4403340 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20150408
Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus is associated mainly with the exposure to infected poultry. The factors that allow interspecies transmission but limit human-to-human transmission are unknown. Here we show that A/Anhui/1/2013(H7N9) influenza virus infection of chickens (natural hosts) is asymptomatic and that it generates a high genetic diversity. In contrast, diversity is tightly restricted in infected ferrets, limiting further adaptation to a fully transmissible form. Airborn ...[more]