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Enzootic genotype S of H9N2 avian influenza viruses donates internal genes to emerging zoonotic influenza viruses in China

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Vet Microbiol. 2014 Oct 14;174(3-4):309-315. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.09.029. [Epub ahead of print]
Enzootic genotype S of H9N2 avian influenza viruses donates internal genes to emerging zoonotic influenza viruses in China.
Gu M1, Chen H2, Li Q2, Huang J2, Zhao M2, Gu X2, Jiang K2, Wang X1, Peng D1, Liu X3.
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Abstract

Avian influenza viruses of subtype H9N2 are widely prevalent in poultry in many Asian countries, and the segmented nature of the viral genome results in multiple distinct genotypes via reassortment. In this study, genetic evolution of H9N2 viruses circulating in eastern China during 2007-2013 was analyzed. The results showed that the diversity of the gene constellations generated six distinct genotypes, in which a novel genotype (S) bearing the backbone of A/chicken/Shanghai/F/98-like viruses by acquiring A/quail/Hong Kong/G1/97-like polymerase basic subunit 2 and matrix genes has gradually established its ecological niche and been consistently prevalent in chicken flocks in eastern China since its first detection in 2007. Furthermore, genotype S possessed the peculiarity to donate most of its gene segments to other emerging influenza A viruses in China, including the novel reassortant highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N2, the 2013 novel H7N7, H7N9 and the latest reassortant H10N8 viruses, with potential threat to poultry industry and human health.

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KEYWORDS:

Avian influenza virus; Genotype; H10N8; H7N9; H9N2; Reassortant

PMID:
25457363
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25457363
 
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