Genome Sequences of an H9N2 Avian Influenza Virus Strain Found in Pakistan in 2017

Dong-Hun Lee; David E Swayne; Miria F Criado; Lindsay Killmaster; Shumaila Iqbal; Hamad Bin Rashid; Mamoona Chaudhry

doi:10.1128/MRA.00433-19

Genome Sequences of an H9N2 Avian Influenza Virus Strain Found in Pakistan in 2017

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Jul 11;8(28):e00433-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00433-19.

Authors

Dong-Hun Lee¹, David E Swayne², Miria F Criado², Lindsay Killmaster², Shumaila Iqbal³, Hamad Bin Rashid⁴, Mamoona Chaudhry³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA dong-hun.lee@uconn.edu.
² U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Athens, Georgia, USA.
³ Disease Surveillance Laboratory, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.

Abstract

In 2017, we isolated an H9N2 avian influenza virus in Pakistan. Genetic analysis showed that the A/chicken/Kasoor/SI36/2017(H9N2) isolate belongs to the G1 lineage. In addition, this isolate possesses mammalian host-specific mutations which could possibly favor interspecies transmission, suggesting that Pakistani H9N2 viruses are still potentially infectious for mammals.