Avian Influenza A(H7N2) Virus in Human Exposed to Sick Cats, New York, USA, 2016

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;23(12):2046-2049. doi: 10.3201/eid2312.170798.

Abstract

An outbreak of influenza A(H7N2) virus in cats in a shelter in New York, NY, USA, resulted in zoonotic transmission. Virus isolated from the infected human was closely related to virus isolated from a cat; both were related to low pathogenicity avian influenza A(H7N2) viruses detected in the United States during the early 2000s.

Keywords: A(H7N2); Avian influenza; H7N2; New York; United States; animal shelter; cat-to-human transmission; human infection with H7N2; influenza; interspecies transmission; respiratory infections; viruses.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigens, Viral / chemistry
  • Antigens, Viral / genetics
  • Antigens, Viral / metabolism
  • Binding Sites
  • Birds
  • Cat Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cat Diseases / transmission
  • Cat Diseases / virology
  • Cats
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Genome, Viral*
  • Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus / chemistry
  • Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus / genetics*
  • Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus / metabolism
  • Housing, Animal
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H7N2 Subtype / classification
  • Influenza A Virus, H7N2 Subtype / genetics*
  • Influenza A Virus, H7N2 Subtype / isolation & purification
  • Influenza in Birds / epidemiology*
  • Influenza in Birds / transmission
  • Influenza in Birds / virology
  • Models, Molecular
  • New York / epidemiology
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Conformation, alpha-Helical
  • Protein Conformation, beta-Strand
  • Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
  • Receptors, Virus / chemistry
  • Receptors, Virus / genetics
  • Receptors, Virus / metabolism
  • Veterinarians
  • Zoonoses / epidemiology*
  • Zoonoses / transmission
  • Zoonoses / virology

Substances

  • Antigens, Viral
  • Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus
  • Polysaccharides
  • Receptors, Virus
  • hemagglutinin, avian influenza A virus