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SUBMITTER: Xu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4746648 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Yifei Y Bailey Elizabeth E Spackman Erica E Li Tao T Wang Hui H Long Li-Ping LP Baroch John A JA Cunningham Fred L FL Lin Xiaoxu X Jarman Richard G RG DeLiberto Thomas J TJ Wan Xiu-Feng XF
Scientific reports 20160209
Subtype H7 avian-origin influenza A viruses (AIVs) have caused at least 500 confirmed human infections since 2003 and culling of >75 million birds in recent years. Here we antigenically and genetically characterized 93 AIV isolates from North America (85 from migratory waterfowl [1976-2010], 7 from domestic poultry [1971-2012], and 1 from a seal [1980]). The hemagglutinin gene of these H7 viruses are separated from those from Eurasia. Gradual accumulation of nucleotide and amino acid substitutio ...[more]