Characteristics of the emerging chicken-origin highly pathogenic H7N9 viruses: A new threat to public health and poultry industry

Affiliations

¹ Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.
² Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, China.
³ Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, China.
⁴ Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, China. Electronic address: xfliu@yzu.edu.cn.

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Dong Liu et al. J Infect. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;76(2):217-220.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.09.005. Epub 2017 Sep 21.

¹ Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.
² Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, China.
³ Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, China.
⁴ Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, China. Electronic address: xfliu@yzu.edu.cn.

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Keywords: Cleavage site; H7N9; Poultry.

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