Antigenic Variant of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2019.

ABSTRACT: In China, influenza A(H7N9) virus appeared in 2013, then mutated into a highly pathogenic virus, causing outbreaks among poultry and cases in humans. Since September 2017, extensive use of the corresponding vaccine, H7-Re1, successfully reduced virus prevalence. However, in 2019, a novel antigenic variant emerged, posing considerable economic and public health threats.A.

SUBMITTER: Jiang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6986829 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature