Poultry carrying H9N2 act as incubators for novel human avian influenza viruses

Lancet. 2014 Mar 8;383(9920):869. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60386-X. Epub 2014 Feb 26.

Authors

Di Liu¹, Weifeng Shi², George F Gao³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
² Taishan Medical College, Shandong, China.
³ Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Electronic address: gaofu@chinacdc.cn.

PMID: 24581684
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60386-X

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Disease Reservoirs / virology
Genes, Viral
Humans
Influenza A Virus, H9N2 Subtype / genetics*
Influenza in Birds / virology*
Influenza, Human / transmission*
Phylogeny
Poultry / virology*
Reassortant Viruses / genetics